IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



and then a sort of "whoe, whoe." He seemed to say 

 to the dog, " You cannot catch me." Here we were, 

 Rogala, Andekko, and I, at the foot of the tree, and 

 the young nshlego-nkengo looking at us from one of 

 its branches. 



We found that from a young tree with slender 

 branches he had succeeded in reaching the tree where 

 he was. The only thing to be done was to watch for 

 the time when, driven by hunger, he would come 

 down. 



In the meantime we heard far away in the distance 

 the calls of his mother. We kept a sharp lookout 

 for her, for though nshiegos are very shy, we were 

 not sure that she would not attack us. She evi- 

 dently thought her young one was somewhere in 

 the forest looking for her. We spoke loud to 

 scare her. 



At last I said to Rogala : " Watch here while I go 

 to the camp to feed Ndova, for the probability is that 

 we shall have to sleep at the foot of the tree to- 

 night." 



I went to the camp and fed Ndova, and returned 

 with some food and two axes. Andekko was almost 

 exhausted from his constant barking, which had be- 

 come quite hoarse and indistinct. The yellow pale 

 face of the little nshiego-nkengo with his big eyes 



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