IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



wondered why I had not thought of this before. So 

 we made preparations at once for a meal. We cut 

 off a part of one of the antelope skins, and poured 

 hot water upon the hair and scraped and washed it 

 afterwards. Then we cut the skin into very small 

 pieces, and boiled these until they became quite soft, 

 after which, as a relish, we added some salt and some 

 red pepper — I could hardly eat anything without 

 pepper. When ready, we poured the contents into 

 a wooden dish. This done, we sat around it, An- 

 dekko standing by us and waiting with eager eyes 

 for his share of the boiled skin. We thought the 

 food was not bad, for we were famished. 



After the meal I said : " Men, these two antelope 

 skins will furnish us food for three or four days, and 

 that will give us time to find game and nuts." We 

 felt much stronger after our meal. 



The following day Shinshooko and Alapai went to 

 look after the traps to see if any animals had been 

 caught. Rogala and I went into the forest with 

 Ndova and Andekko. 



After a long walk Ndova uttered the sounds made 

 by his species — the white-nosed monkeys or ndovas. 

 They answered his call ; we could hear them coming 

 towards us. Rogala immediately tied Ndova with a 

 rope and held him fast. Then we hid under a short 



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