Okapi Hunting 



and they wore next to nothing in the way of clothing or 

 ornaments. 



The hght for instantaneous photography in the gloom of 

 the forest is never good, but on this occasion I was fairly 

 successful and the results were pleasing. Having made my 

 exposures I returned to camp, where my wife and I were soon 

 busily engaged on preparations for our advance along the 

 Semliki valley. 



Shortly before we left Moera's village, Pere Lens of the 

 Sacred Heart Mission at Mbeni spent two days with us, and 

 over the camp fire told us many interesting tales of the old 

 days when the cannibals were openly cannibals and white 

 men travelled with an armed escort. Some of these grim 

 episodes I have recounted in the next chapter, some must be 

 left untold. 



On passing in review the novel experiences we went 

 through, and the first glimpses we obtained of the highly 

 interesting life of this great forest, we felt we were only just 

 commencing the really interesting part of our expedition and 

 longed to see more. It was, therefore, with the Call of the 

 Wild, the Fever of the Horizon — call it what j^ou will — as 

 strong as ever within us, that we " slung our pack " and hitched 

 our belts and passed on down the forest way. 



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