IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



this all the monkeys looked around. The big male, 

 their leader, gave a peculiar cry of alarm. In an in- 

 stant they were all over the fence and among the trees. 

 Soon after I heard them utter loud calls, which Ndova 

 answered. Then all became silent, and after a while I 

 heard the branch of a tree near the palisade bend 

 under the weight of a monkey that had come back. 

 1 looked up and saw a very big monkey. He was 

 the leader, and easily recognized by his large size, 

 for he was much bigger than all the others. He 

 began to talk to our monkey, who answered him ; then 

 he jumped down upon another branch, and I saw him 

 scale the palisade and get on the top of Ndova's house, 

 and just as he was beginning to try to break into it, 

 I gave a great shout, and the big fellow, in three bounds, 

 fled outside the camp. A short time afterwards he 

 came back again, this time very slyly, and I saw him 

 only when he came over the palisade. I fired a gun. 

 He uttered a shrill cry of fright, fled once more, and 

 never came back. 



When my hunters returned, I told them what had 

 happened. After I had finished, Rogala said : " The 

 leader of the troop wanted Ndova to go away with 

 him." 



The following day I took Ndova with me into the 

 forest and loosed him. He followed me closely, but 



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