IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



a tree, and went to collect them. On my return I 

 gave the most tempting one to Ndova. He smelt 

 of it and threw it away, giving at the same time that 

 peculiar grunt of dissatisfaction which he always uttered 

 when things did not please him. I gave him one of 

 another kind with the same result. I began to think 

 that all the berries I had collected were poisonous. I 

 gave him a third one. He smelt of it and gave it a 

 bite to taste it, then ate the rest with sounds of pleas- 

 ure very unlike the grunts he had uttered before. 

 Then I took him to the place where there were many 

 of these berries. He ate a lot, and filled his pouches. 



I myself ate many of these berries. They tasted 

 very good. I was no longer afraid to eat them, for 

 what was good for the monkey was good for me. 



After a while I gave Ndova a berry of another 

 kind, which he also ate. Seeing this, I put one in 

 my mouth, but took it out quickly it tasted so bit- 

 ter. So I found that Ndova and I had sometimes 

 not the same taste, and that some of the fruits, ber- 

 ries, or nuts he ate, though they were not poisonous, 

 were very unpalatable to me. But afterwards in 

 other expeditions I had to eat them in order not 

 to die of starvation. 



The next morning Rogala and I took Ndova with 

 us into the forest, and let him stay by himself. But 

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