IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



the nuts were good. We took a quantity of these 

 with us. Nuts are far more nutritious than berries, 

 and more wholesome. 



We returned to the camp and were received with 

 great demonstrations of joy by Andekko. Ndova 

 made at once for Andekko and got on his back. 

 Andekko lay down, and Ndova began to play with 

 his hair. They had a grand time together, for An- 

 dekko loved to be scratched. 



After this I constantly took Ndova with me, and 

 found him very useful in finding berries, and some- 

 times he walked by my side or rested on my shoulders 

 without being tied. One day he ascended a tree full 

 of small ripe fruits, uttered grunts of contentment at 

 his discovery, and began to eat while I was looking at 

 him. As I stood under the tree to get some of the 

 fruits that fell on the ground, I wondered whether 

 Ndova threw them at me intentionally or not. I 

 picked them up and tasted them. I found that they 

 had a pleasant acid taste. After a while Ndova came 

 down the tree with the pouch on each side of his 

 cheeks stretched to the utmost and filled with a stock 

 of the fruits to be eaten when hungry. 



I had noticed that Ndova was apparently always 

 hungry, for monkeys can eat all the time. 



We continued our way, and it was not long before 



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