IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



ball which lasted all night. Rotembo himself danced, 

 and came before me singing and dancing in the midst 

 of vociferous cheers by the people. 



The next day I prepared a great feast that Rotembo 

 and I were to eat together. The bottom of our canoe 

 was to be our table. Rogala, Shinshooko, Alapai, and 

 Akenda-Mbani were seated at a table close to ours. 

 Rotembo's wives waited upon us. A mass of people 

 formed a great circle round us, and looked at us, and 

 one of them said : " The great Oguizi loves also 

 Rogala and Shinshooko, Alapai and Akenda-Mbani." 



In the evening I called my hunters together, and 

 gave each a new gun, powder, and some iron bars. I 

 gave them beads for their wives also, and the next day 

 I accompanied them to their canoe and bade them 

 good-bye. They felt sad to leave me, and as they 

 embarked, Rogala said : Oguizi, come again to see us 

 at our plantation." 



The people believed that I had killed Andekko and 

 Ndova to take them with me, and wondered why I 

 had not killed my hunters to take them with me also. 

 "When they die," said they, "the Oguizi will take 

 them with him, for he loves them." 



Two days afterwards, I bade good-bye to Rotembo. 

 He invoked the spirits of his ancestors, and came to 

 the shore to see me off. He had given me people 



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