IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



On our way back we heard, several miles away, the 

 mighty voice of the male ngina calling upon his mate 

 to let her know where he was ; but no answer came 

 back to him, and I found myself wondering what his 

 feelings would be when he came to where she had 

 been killed. We would have gone after him, but it 

 was too late in the day. 



There was great excitement on our return. The 

 following day Rogala warned me to take no other gun 

 but " Bulldog '' if I went into the forest, saying : " The 

 'man ngina' is probably around looking for the slayer 

 of his wife." How I wished I could have been present 

 . when the big beast came before the dead body of his 

 mate and saw her and her baby ngina headless ! 

 How he must have yelled and roared! How fiercely 

 he would have come to the attack if some one had 

 been near ! How I wished I could face him with 

 " Bulldog " in my hand ! We expected to hear his 

 roar that day, then go after him ; but the forest was 

 silent. He had gone wandering in search of another 

 mate. 



The next day we heard Andekko barking in the 

 forest not very far off. He seemed to bark at the 

 same spot all the time, and Rogala said : " Let us go 

 where he is and find out what is the matter." 



So we went towards the spot where he was bark- 



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