IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



" No," he replied. 



"There are stars near it," said I, "but your eyes 

 cannot see them. I will show them to you." 



Then I made him look with the telescope towards 

 Jupiter, and he saw the satellites. He looked at me 

 with awe, then with wonder. Fortunately he knew I 

 would not harm him, but throwing himself at my feet, 

 he took hold of them and exclaimed: "You are a 

 great Oguizi. My eyes have seen what no other black 

 man*s have seen before ; " then he got up and in a loud 

 voice invoked the spirits of his ancestors to protect 

 and watch over him, and shouted, " Great indeed is 

 the Oguizi." 



When I was ready to take observations, I seated 

 myself cross-legged before the artificial horizon. On 

 my right was a sextant to take the distance between 

 the moon and the lunar stars that were in position. 

 Close by was one of the watches ; also the magnifying- 

 glass to help me to read the degrees, minutes, and 

 seconds on the sextant. 



On my left was the sextant for taking altitudes, 

 near which was the slate with pencil to write down the 

 figures, and the bull's-eye lantern was lighted to help 

 me to read the sextant. Also a thermometer for 

 ascertaining the temperature. 



The most important thing was to make the obser- 

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