IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



believe In you. Protect me from the spears, arrows, 

 and guns of my enemies. Let all those who try to 

 bewitch me and afflict me with illness or bad luck in 

 hunting and fishing, die. Let our people find out the 

 witches and sorcerers that cause sickness and death 

 amongst us." 



Towards noon on that day he took his gun and 

 went hunting, leaving Ndova and Andekko behind. 

 Two hours afterwards he returned with a gazelle, or 

 " nchombee," on his back, and laid the animal at my 

 feet, saying : " I have killed this. Please take all you 

 want for yourself." 



Andekko was looking with a hungry eye towards 

 the nchombee, but the long stick of Rogala kept 

 him at a proper distance. I cut off one of the fore- 

 legs and threw it to the dog. Ndova was chattering 

 at the same time, looking searchingly at Rogala. 

 The sounds he uttered seemed to mean, " Have you 

 brought me no berries, fruits, or nuts ? " Rogala 

 had brought him nothing, and he was very much 

 disappointed. 



I chose half of the nchombee; then Rogala broiled 

 the other part on charcoal, and when it was cooked 

 took almost all of it and went into the forest, whither 

 I followed him. He walked but a short distance, 

 and then stopped before some very large leaves. He 



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