IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



At this thought he looked round to see if he could 

 discover any birds on the trees near him, and saw 

 a big one looking down upon him. He was filled 

 with fear, and said : " Oguizi, if you have taken the 

 shape of that bird, look into my heart and you will 

 see that I love you." Then he took some of the 

 food he had with him, and left a great part" of it 

 for the bird, and continued his way, looking now 

 and then up at the branches of the trees to see if 

 the bird was still following him. Then hearing 

 " Hi-Hi-Hi," a noise made by a peculiar species 

 of grasshopper, he thought I might have taken that 

 shape, so I could not be seen by him. 



Once more he took his ogana from his bag and 

 invoked her aid. Still he went on his march in search 

 of me, his mind perfectly bewildered with different 

 thoughts. When, lo ! to his supreme joy, he discov- 

 ered some of the marks I had made upon the bark 

 of trees, broken off" branches, and large heaps of 

 leaves which I had laid along the path. After this 

 he discovered that I had left the path and gone 

 into the forest ; and again he lost all traces of me. 

 He stopped and talked to Andekko and said : " An- 

 dekko, we have lost the Oguizi. Perhaps he is gone 

 forever. Perhaps he is in the forest. Let us find 

 him. Help me, Andekko, to find him." Andekko 



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