CHAPTER IV 



THE HOME OF ROGALA— HIS HUNTING-TROPHIES — A 

 WEIRD SPOT — ASPECT OF THE SURROUNDING FOREST 

 — SHINSHOOKO AND ALAPAI — LEOPARDS IN THE 

 NEIGHBORHOOD 



AFTER a few minutes' walk we came to a grove 

 of plantain trees, and there saw the home of 

 Rogala, which was composed of four small structures. 

 The dwelling-house had a veranda in front. It 

 was built of bark with a roof thatched with palm 

 leaves, and was about eighteen feet long and twelve 

 wide. It had only one door. 



Under the veranda hung the tails of nearly all the 

 elephants he had killed. I counted ninety-five of them. 

 Some of the tails he had got went to Chief Rotembo. 

 All along the roof were skulls of antelopes with the 

 graceful spiral horns, two skulls of male gorillas, 

 several skulls of nshiegos or chimpanzees, of wild 

 boars, of buffaloes, of leopards and other wild animals. 



Four elephant skulls stood at each corner of the 

 house. These elephants had been killed near the 

 plantations. Rogala was the greatest elephant hunter 

 of his day. 



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