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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA CHAP. 



we were visited by the local chief, named Njeroo, 

 arrayed in a gorgeous headdress made of the black 

 and white long-haired skin of the collabus monkey. 

 He was of a crafty and cunning-looking type, and 



"UNEXPECTED OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF STREAMS." 



his appearance gave one the impression that 

 treachery and rascality were inborn in him, but of 

 course one cannot always judge by looks, and he 

 may have been a very decent fellow. 



