IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



I should not have lived to tell the tale of my 

 wanderings. 



After five days of hard work our encampment was 

 finished. By that time almost all our plantains had 

 been eaten up, but we had all the cassava, and the cakes 

 of it would last us a goodly number of days. 



The women and the children now thought of return- 

 ing home. We followed them as far as the river. They 

 were soon in their canoes, taking only two with them. 

 The other was left for us to use on our return. We 

 bade them good-bye, and soon they were out of sight. 

 Then we hid our canoe in the forest. 



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