IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



seemed to be on our right. Rogala listened atten- 

 tively, and then whispered "Ngina " (gorilla). The 

 noise was made by a gorilla and was renewed from 

 time to time. 



While listening, Rogala's quick sense of hearing 

 caught another noise in the far distance, this time on 

 the left, somewhat similar to the one on the right. 

 He listened attentively and then said, " Ngina." It 

 was another ngina, who was answering the talk of 

 her mate. 



Then he whispered to me : " Oguizi, there are two 

 nginas talking to each other, the one on our right is 

 the man ngina, the one on our left is the woman ngina, 

 and she answers him.'* 



They were a few miles from each other, and we were 

 about midway between the two. We followed the 

 path which seemed to be half-way between them, 

 looking at our guns carefully in order to be ready for 

 any emergency. 



As we walked, we could hear them talk to each 

 other, one answering after the other stopped. It was 

 a real ngina conversation. I could detect the differ- 

 ent intonations. 



We walked several miles, all the time hearing the 

 two gorillas continuously talking to each other. Ro- 

 gala said to me : " There is not food enough for the 



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