A RESIDENCE AT JUJA 



direction. The animals were incredibly numerous. 

 Some days they were fairly tame, and others ex- 

 ceedingly wild, without any rhyme or reason. This 

 shyness or the reverse seemed not to be individual 

 to one herd; but to be practically universal. On a 

 "wild day" everything was wild from the Lone Tree 

 to Long Juju. It would be manifestly absurd to 

 guess at the reason. Possibly the cause might be 

 atmospheric or electrical; possibly days of nervous- 

 ness might follow nights of unusual activity by the 

 lions; one could invent a dozen possibilities. Per- 

 haps the kongonis decided it. 



At Juja we got to know the kongonis even better 

 than we had before. They are comical, quizzical 

 beasts, with long-nosed humorous faces, a singu- 

 larly awkward construction, a shambling gait; but 

 with altruistic dispositions and an ability to get over 

 the ground at an extraordinary speed. Every move 

 is a joke; their expression is always one of grieved 

 but humorous astonishment. They quirk their 

 heads sidewise or down and stare at an intruder with 

 the most comical air of skeptical wonder. "Well, 

 look who's here!" says the expression. 



"Pooh!" says the kongoni himself, after a good 

 look, "pooh! pooh!" with the most insulting in- 

 flection. 



He is very numerous and very alert. One or more 



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