IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



The hair covering their bodies was thin and black, 

 and I could see that it grew over a yellow skin. I 

 could also see the backs of the large yellow ears. 

 That was all. There were many pineapples all round 

 them. 



I was much excited. Then the nshiegos turned partly 

 round and I could see their profiles. I saw their pale 

 yellowish faces, which reminded me of the color of the 

 sunburnt Moor of the desert, but no sun had given 

 them that complexion, for the sun does not penetrate 

 the forest. I noticed that their ears were somewhat the 

 shape of those of man, but much larger, and that the 

 lobes were flattened. Their lips were so thin that 

 the mouth seemed to have been made by the skin 

 being cut transversely, but it was very large. They 

 had long slender hands, with palms whiter than their 

 faces ; their feet were also very long and slender. 

 Their legs had no calves, and were very short. • Their 

 arms were very long. They gradually turned right 

 towards us. Their faces were wrinkled like those of 

 very old people, some of whom have that peculiar 

 colorless skin. Their eyes looked strange and had 

 something human in them, and seemed to be all the 

 time on the lookout. 



The male got hold of a large yellow pineapple 

 that was quite ripe, and the female took it away 



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