IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



which I made from the gum of an elimi tree I 

 found on the way, but though the torch gave a good 

 light, once in a while I found myself entangled in the 

 midst of long sword-grass." Then he added : " If I had 

 not found that elimi tree, I could not have walked in 

 the dark, for if I had been without a torch a prowling 

 leopard in search of prey might have pounced upon 

 me, and then you would never have seen your friend 

 Rogala again." 



Before we went to sleep I said : " Rogala, I know 

 where you have been, I know why you left me." 

 Rogala's face began to appear frightened, for he evi- 

 dently thought I knew what he had done. Without 

 giving him time to reply, I continued : " You went 

 to dig up an old mondah from the ground, and you 

 brought it here ; you have buried it where we hang 

 our ladder." 



Rogala looked at me with a sort of dread, then tak- 

 ing hold of my feet, he said : *' Oguizi, you know every- 

 thing." Then he told me what I have just recounted 

 to you, and concluded : " Now no witchcraft can 

 come here." 



Shortly afterwards Shinshooko and Alapai, who 

 had gone to see if any animals had been caught in 

 their various traps, returned, but without game. 



Ill 



