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horns, and black, with a yellow spot on the 
back.” 
In the afternoon Selim went to fetch my arsen¬ 
ical soap from Mbdta, where I had left it en 
Fitichd : as long as that “ bad medicine ” was 
within Hotaloyas “ben,” no one would dare to 
meddle with my goods. Forteune walked in very 
tired about sunset. He had now added streaks 
of red to the white chalk upon his face, arms, and 
breast, for he suspected, we were assured, witch¬ 
craft. I told him to get ready for a march on the 
morrow to the Shekyani country, lying south-east, 
but he begged so hard, and he seemed so assured 
of showing sport, that the design was deferred, and 
again “ perdidi diem.” 
Monday the 24th was a Black Monday, sultry 
and thundery. We went to the bush, and once 
more we returned, disgusted by the chattering of 
the wild men. As we discussed our plans for 
moving, Forteune threw cold water upon every 
proposal. This puzzled me, and the difficulty was 
to draw his secret. At last Kangd, a black youth, 
who, being one of the family, had attached himself 
uninvited to the party, blurted out in bad French 
that the Shekyani chief, to whose settlement we 
were bound, had left for the interior, and that the 
1 M. du Chaillu’s description of the animal is excellent 
(p. 282), and the people at once recognized the cut. 
