IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



On our way back Ndova began to chatter in his own 

 language. What he meant we of course could not tell 

 at first, but soon we found out that through some pe- 

 culiar gifts only belonging to monkeys, perhaps with 

 his keen sense of smell, he knew that there were 

 monkeys of his own tribe near. His voice or utter- 

 ances were answered by other sounds made by a troop 

 of monkeys which Rogala and I knew to be ndovas, 

 and before we realized their presence, they were all 

 upon a tree above our heads. Ndova became dread- 

 fully excited. I took aim at the biggest monkey, 

 fired, and he fell on the ground with a great crash. 

 The others gave a cry of alarm, and in less than 

 twenty seconds were out of sight. 



The next day I said to Rogala : ''' Let us go into 

 the forest with Andekko. I want to see how he hunts, 

 and if he drives the game within gunshot of the place 

 where we are waiting for it." 



" He will surely do that," replied Rogala. 



The next morning, at dawn of day, we started for 

 the forest, Andekko ahead of us. Suddenly he disap- 

 peared. Once in a while Rogala shouted to let the 

 dog know where we stood. Then we waited and 

 waited, Rogala now and then calling Andekko at the 

 top of his voice. After a few hours we heard the 

 barking of Andekko. The barking became louder, and 



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