IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



vations as quickly as possible and read from the watch 

 the space of time between them. 



After spending four hours in making observ^ations I 

 stopped. I looked at Rogala. He was fast asleep, 

 for he was very tired and had worked hard during the 

 day. I awoke him, and we went to our little hut and 

 lay down to sleep. We knew that if natives came up 

 or down the river Andekko would warn us in time. 



When I awoke, Rogala was still asleep. Ndova had 

 his eyes shut and his head was hanging down on his 

 breast. Andekko lay across the door, apparently 

 asleep, but as soon as he heard me he wagged his tail 

 and followed me to the river and remained by me 

 until I had had a good bath. 



For three days and three nights I worked very 

 hard. I took many observations, and made calcu- 

 lations which showed my latitude, longitude, the day 

 of the month and of the week, and gave me the 

 month in which I was. I found that it was Wednes- 

 day, the 17th of August, that I was ninety miles 

 south of the equator, and two hundred and ten miles 

 in the interior. 



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