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IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



will send to Rotembo. I hope we shall kill leop- 

 ards enough to have canines for a big necklace 

 for him." 



" Yes," they all shouted, " let us kill all the leop- 

 ards in the country." 



Then all the people danced around the leopard, 

 singing at the same time : " You wicked leopard, your 

 days are over, you will not make any one now fear 

 you. The antelopes and gazelles of the forest would 

 be glad if they knew that you have been killed by the 

 great Oguizi." 



The dance lasted until daylight, when we skinned 

 the beast. " Let us make a belt of his skin for Chief 

 Rotembo," I said ; and we accordingly did so. The 

 tail I gave to Rogala. We divided the liver into 

 several parts. 



Later in the day Rogala, Shinshooko, and I went 

 into the forest with Andekko in search of the lair 

 of the leopard, which was a female, hoping to take 

 the young ones. But we were not successful, and 

 were obliged finally to return without accomplishing 

 our object. 



" When night comes," I said to my hunters, " I 

 will lie in wait for the male leopard ; perhaps he will 

 come here in search of his mate." 



To this the man replied : " Yes, a male leopard is 



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