IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



I had not walked a hundred feet further when I saw 

 the leopard's mate running in front of me with a cub 

 in his mouth also. 



I wondered again why the leopards were moving 

 away from their lair. I soon found out. Other 

 animals, and even snakes, were all fleeing in the same 

 direction as the leopards. This, and the flight of 

 insects themselves, told me that an army of bashi- 

 kouay ants was advancing, attacking every living 

 thing before them. I ran towards the plantation as 

 fast as I could. 



Soon Andekko, who had gone into the forest by 

 himself, made his appearance. He was perfectly wild. 

 The poor dog was crying, moaning, and rolling him- 

 self on the ground to scratch his body, on which were 

 numbers of the ants biting him. During the night 

 we were awakened by the bites of the advance guard 

 of the bashikouays. They were in our houses. There 

 was a great commotion among the mice, rats, and cock- 

 roaches. They were surrounded by the bashikouays. 

 Wherever they fled, there were the bashikouays to 

 attack them. The scorpions, centipedes, and spiders 

 could not help themselves, and were eaten up in a 

 short time. 



Meanwhile all the inhabitants of the plantation 

 were up and out of their houses, the babies in the 



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