IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Did he not shake hands with me before he left the 

 camp ? Did he not say, ' Take good care of Ndova 

 and Andekko ' ? " These thoughts reassured him, 

 and gave him new hopes and courage. 



After this he seated himself on the ground, took 

 his ogana out of his bag, and putting it in front of 

 him, he spoke to her thus : " Ogana, you know how 

 much I love you ; tell me where is the Oguizi. Tell 

 me if he is angry with me. Please, please, show me 

 the way in the forest where I can find him. Do, 

 ogana, do, ogana." Suddenly a smile came over his 

 face. Ogana had said to him that he would find me. 

 Then putting back his precious ogana in his bag, he 

 continued to seek for me with the dog, Andekko, 

 and Ndova, who stood on his shoulder and now 

 and then wandered in the forest. 



Fears succeeded hopes in spite of his ogana. Had 

 the Oguizi left him, and seen all he wanted to see in 

 the big forest, and gone back to the " Land of the 

 Oguizis " ? His^ superstitious mind began to brood 

 again. He had the same belief in regard to me that 

 all the people had, and he was seized with a great fear. 

 Had I changed shape, and was I wandering in the 

 forest as an elephant, antelope, leopard, or as a tiny 

 insect.^ Perhaps I had taken the shape of a bird and 

 was following him. 



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