IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Makambo was very much venerated, and during the 

 night food was put before her. In the morning the 

 people said that Makambo had nodded her head and 

 smiled, showing that she was pleased with the offering 

 of game she had received. But we did not wait to 

 learn the result of the witchcraft proceedings, and leav- 

 ing the Bakalai we found our way back to our camp. 



"I am going into the forest," I said to Rogala, 

 Shinshooko, and Alapai one morning soon after our 

 return, " to look for new species of birds. Perhaps 

 I shall find some that I have never seen before. I 

 do not intend to go far away." 



My hunters replied : " We three are going to look 

 at all the traps we have made to see if they are in 

 order and if game has been trapped. We are going 

 to take Andekko and leave Ndova in the camp." 



So we all ascended the ladder and wished each other 

 good luck. Nothing strange happened to me. 1 

 shot no birds, for I had killed before this specimens of 

 all the species I saw that day, and had stuffed them. 



As I approached the camp on my way back, I heard 

 a great uproar among what I thought was a large troop 

 of monkeys, to judge by the noise. They were jabber- 

 ing away at a great rate, and seemed to be in a great 

 state of excitement. But to my astonishment I dis- 



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