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thought I realized that he had acted nobly from the 
animal point of view, so I forgave him. 
The kongoni seems to be gifted with a clairvoy¬ 
ant instinct. He knows when you don’t want to 
shoot him and when you do. If you start out in the 
Outward Bound—Reading Your Thoughts—Concluding Your 
Intentions Are Hostile 
morning with no hostile intentions toward him he 
will allow you to approach to within a short dis¬ 
tance. He will be alert and watchful, but he will 
show no anxiety. But just suppose for an instant 
that you change your mind. Suppose you say to 
yourself that the porters have had no meat for sev- 
