IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Several days passed by. We got along very well 

 with our captive, although he was kept in stocks. He 

 seemed contented with his lot. He found that we 

 treated him otherwise like one of ourselves. He ate 

 with us, and consequently had the same food. When 

 food was very scarce, we divided it equally among us, 

 but of course when we had only nuts or berries he 

 had only these to eat, and if we were hungry he had 

 to go hungry also. 



Several times I proposed to Rogala to take him out 

 of the nchogo, but Rogala was always unwilling. 

 Thinking that he was wiser than I in this matter, 

 as he knew the native character better than 1 did, I 

 let him have his own way. 



We had given the name of Akenda-Mbani ("never 

 go twice to the same place ") to our prisoner, for we 

 knew that he would never go back to his own country. 



One afternoon Shinshooko and Alapai made their 

 appearance, bringing with them four elephants' tusks. 

 They had found two elephants in the pits they had 

 dug in the forest for the purpose of entrapping the 

 huge beasts. 



They were very much astonished when they saw 

 Akenda-Mbani and we told them how we had cap- 

 tured him. 



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