IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



in a short time he returned. He was in a very angry- 

 mood, expressed by peculiar sounds ; his hair stood 

 up straight, a sign that he was afraid and angry. Not 

 knowing what the cause could be, we made ready for 

 any emergency, and then went towards the place from 

 which he had come. Soon we were rewarded by the 

 sight of a number of bees round a big hole in a tree. 

 Ndova had discovered a beehive, and, having been 

 stung by bees before, he had come back to us. We 

 were delighted and made preparations to smoke the 

 bees out and get the honey. We did so, and there 

 was a large quantity of it. We were so hungry that 

 we ate the wax and dead bees and the honey all to- 

 gether. Ndova ate heartily with us. 



After we had had our feast I petted Ndova and said 

 to him : " Ndova, you have found honey for us, now 

 help us to find some berries.'' 



We continued our walk, and soon came upon fruit- 

 bearing trees. I gave one of the fruits to Ndova, but 

 he threw it away, giving a grunt of anger or dissatis- 

 faction at the same time. These fruits were red and 

 looked very tempting. I petted Ndova again, and 

 said : " Thank you, Ndova, for showing me that this 

 beautiful fruit is poisonous.*' 



Further on I saw some nuts at the foot of a tree. 

 I broke one and gave it to Ndova. He ate it; so 



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