IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



fifth or sixth time, when suddenly we heard his bark- 

 ing ; he was evidently after some gazelle or antelope. 

 We knew that he was coming in our direction as his 

 barking became louder and louder. We expected at 

 every moment to see an antelope or gazelle pass 

 before us. We were not mistaken. Erelong a 

 beautiful antelope with large spiral horns appeared, 

 followed by Andekko, barking at the beast in the 

 fiercest manner. A well-directed shot brought the 

 antelope down. 



Then we cut the game to pieces, and made two 

 '^ otaitais " (baskets to carry on the back), and we put 

 a lot of the meat in them. On our return to the camp 

 we built a big platform, upon which we put the meat 

 and lighted fires to smoke it. 



One day, not long after, Rogala said to me : " Oguizi, 

 the boars are very fat just now, for they feed on koola 

 nuts, and these are plentiful. I feel like having boar's- 

 meat to eat.*' 



As he said this, his mouth seemed twice as large 

 as usual. He evidently fancied he was eating fat 

 boar's-meat. I agreed with him, and we decided on 

 a boar-hunt. We put a lot of berries and nuts in 

 the cage of Ndova, and left plenty of bones for 

 Andekko, and departed for the hunting-ground where 

 the boars might be found. Quite a distance from our 



