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His sight and sense of smell were extraordinary, but 

 he was only a second-class tracker of animals. Con- 

 tinually gay, ever having a joke on his lips, he amused 

 every one in camp. A man with more good qualities 

 than defects, very reasonable and conscientious in his 

 duties such was Msiambiri. 



Kodzani, who was a native of the banks of the 

 middle Zambesi, had been an elephant-hunter also ; 

 his eye was only second-class, but his hearing was 

 extraordinary. His countenance was open, and upon 

 it I could read his impressions ; his appetite was 

 insatiable ; his body was rather small and thick-set. 

 A good tracker but slow, very tenacious and very 

 patient Rodzani sometimes lacked determination, 

 but was devoted at bottom and rather cheerful in 

 character. 



Tambarika \vas a pure Magandja, son of a powerful 

 chief, and more difficult in temperament. His early 

 years had been fairly happy. Later, his father having 

 been defeated, he resigned himself to look for work. 

 He had passed his youth and almost his life in the 

 woods, consequently possessing a well - established 

 reputation as a remarkable bowman : hence his name, 

 which signifies " he who shoots straight." Later, 

 when he was taught to use firearms, he became a 

 remarkably good shot for a black, and was passionately 

 fond of this form of hunting. He was a very intelli- 

 gent man, a veritable professor of natural history : 

 there was not a tree, plant, or insect of which he did 

 not know the name. As a tracker of animals he was 

 extraordinary, having an eye of extreme sharpness 



