CHAPTER XXVII 



I GO HUNTING IN THE FOREST WITH ANDEKKO — 

 DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DOG — SOUNDS OF A FIERCE 

 CONFLICT — I FIND ANDEKKO FIGHTING WITH A 

 MANDRILL— HE KILLS HIS ENEMY, BUT DIES OF HIS 

 WOUNDS— BURIED IN THE FOREST 



WE felt very lonely after the death of Ndova. 

 But, alas ! his loss was not to prove our only 

 misfortune. I went one day alone into the forest and 

 took Andekko with me. After walking three or four 

 miles I came to a part of the forest where there was 

 no jungle. Such tracts are often found, especially 

 where water has been long standing during the rainy 

 season. I walked consequently noiselessly, looking 

 carefully all around me as I went. 



Andekko had disappeared in search of game. After 

 a while I saw three large mandrills, the largest I had 

 ever seen, walking away from me. Mandrills of that 

 size are very formidable animals and have terrible 

 canines. They were out of sight, and I had been 

 unable to shoot at them, as trees were in my way. 



I kept on, nevertheless, when I was suddenly startled 

 by the fierce barking of Andekko. Then I heard a 



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