IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Rogala, who was about two yards from me, came to 

 my side, and made a sign to move away further. He 

 was very much excited. His forehead was covered 

 with perspiration. When we were at a safe distance, 

 he whispered : " This man is not a Bakalai ; he is 

 from a far country. I think he has run av/ay from 

 his people. Let us surprise him, and if he runs away 

 from us I will shoot at him and kill him." 



I saw by the looks of Rogala that he was in earnest. 



"No, Rogala," I replied, "we must not kill him if 

 he runs away, but try to capture him. Then we shall 

 find out where he comes from, and how far off his 

 country is. As soon as we come near him we will 

 shout to him to stand still. I will fire * Bulldog,' 

 and if he has never heard a gun fired in his life he 

 will be so scared that he will not move. If he runs 

 away, we will run after him. We are good runners, 

 we can go quickly through the jungle. Now let 

 us crawl towards him ; you keep on his right, I on 

 his left." 



We walked so carefully that not one of our steps 

 could be heard. Rogala once moved towards me just 

 to whisper: " Oguizi, he must not escape from us." 



We saw that the man had a bag of poisoned arrows 

 hanging by his side, and on the ground lay his bow. 



Nearer and nearer we came to the stranger, who 



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