IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



arms of their mothers. Numerous fires were lighted 

 everywhere. Boiling water and hot ashes were thrown 

 upon the ants and we put brands across their paths. 



It took us the rest of the night to drive them 

 away and disorganize them. We had killed hun- 

 dreds of thousands of them. The men could not 

 find words bad enough for the bashikouays. " Oh,'* 

 said Shinshooko, " these horrid bashikouays will 

 drive all the game away, and it will be a long time 

 before it will return.'* 



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