IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Ndova began to take food from his pouches, and he 

 soon emptied them. He seemed contented and happy ; 

 he evidently liked very much the fruits he had eaten. 



While we were taking our breakfast, one morning, 

 I said to Rogala : "To-day we will leave Ndova in 

 the camp and take Andekko with us. We must try 

 to kill some game and smoke the meat." 



After our meal we made preparations to leave the 

 camp. Andekko was delighted when he saw us 

 handling our guns, for he knew from this that we 

 were going hunting and would take him with us. 

 We put Ndova into the house we had made for him ; 

 we did not wish to leave him attached to his pole, for 

 we did not know what might happen. A big eagle 

 might pounce upon him, and being tied up to his 

 pole he would have no chance to flee. Perhaps a 

 huge python or some other big snake might come 

 within the enclosure and charm him, encircle him 

 within its powerful coils, squeeze him to death, and 

 swallow him. Ndova did not enjoy being shut up in 

 his house, and made us understand it by his shrill 

 cries of dissatisfaction as we went out. 



Andekko was in high glee ; he followed us for a 

 little while, then wandered off into the forest by him- 

 self, and from time to time came back to us to make 

 sure, probably, of our presence. He had left us for the 



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