CHAPTER XVI 



WE DISCOVER A PAIR OF NSHIEGO-NKENGOS ~ DESCRIP- 

 TION OF THEM — CAPTURE OF A YOUNG ONE — 

 HE MAKES FRIENDS WITH NDOVA AND ANDEKKO 

 — HIS SPEEDY DEATH 



ONE day at daylight Rogala and I left our camp, 

 I taking my light rifle, and Rogala his gun and 

 a net. After we had climbed over our fence we could 

 hear Andekko barking and Ndova*s voice of discon- 

 tent. They wanted to go with us and disliked being 

 left behind. 



After about four hours* tramp we came to the 

 region of the pineapple, and we stopped there. At 

 the end of about two hours more, we were startled by 

 the voice of a " man of the woods." Rogala whispered 

 to me : " Nshiego-nkengo ! He is not very far from 

 us." In the distance we heard the voice of his mate 

 answering his call. They kept answering each other ; 

 but neither Rogala nor I could understand them, for 

 they were speaking the language of the nshiego- 

 nkengos. Rogala whispered to me : " The ' man ' is 

 telling his mate to come, for he has found pineapples. 

 Let us go towards him and hide ourselves." 



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