IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



the presence of a mamma ngina on a tree, with a tiny 

 baby holding to her and uttering sounds of fright. 

 Andekko was in a perfect rage; his hair stood up, 

 bristling like the quills of a porcupine. 



Rogala, Shinshooko, and Alapai were by my side. 

 The ngina was looking fiercely at us. Her big black 

 face, wrinkled all over, was savagely wicked. The 

 little fellow was hiding his face against her breast. 

 She uttered sharp, piercing yells of anger, then a shout 

 of " Whoa, whoa." I aimed at her, and fired. She 

 dropped, but held on for an instant to the branch upon 

 which she was seated with a firm hand, while the little 

 one clung fast to her shoulders. Then she let go and 

 fell down some twenty feet to the ground with a great 

 crash. She was dead, and before we had time to 

 rescue the little ngina, Andekko had strangled him, to 

 my infinite sorrow. 



Rogala and Shinshooko said : " We must look out for 

 her mate; the big ^ man ngina' may come upon us in 

 a moment. Perhaps he is already coming silently to 

 her rescue.'' 



We were glad we had Andekko with us, for we were 

 sure to be warned by him of the approach of the big 

 beast. We cut off the heads of the ngina and of the 

 little one as trophies, and then retraced our steps 

 towards Rogala's and Shinshooko's home. 



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