122 To S&nga-T&nga and Back. 
high, here single, there double, common in Ashanti 
and Congo-land. Like most of their congeners , the 
animals die when exposed to the sun. The 
“ Bashikouay ” and Nchounou (Nchu’u) of M. du 
Chaillu are the common “ driver-ant ” of West 
Africa ( Termes bellicosa ). It is little feared in the 
Gaboon ; when its armies attack the mission- 
houses, they are easily stopped by lighting spirits 
of turpentine, or by a strew of quicklime, which 
combines with the formic acid. The different 
species are described in “ Palm Land ” and 
“Western Africa” (pp. 369-373), from which even 
the account of the “tubular bridge” is taken— 
Mr. Wilson less sensationally calls it what it is, a 
“ live raft.” The most common are the Nkazeze, 
a large reddish and fetid ant, which is harmless to 
man; the Njenge, a smaller red species, and the 
Ibimbi'zi, whose bite is painful. 
We passed the mortal remains of a gorilla lashed 
to a pole ; the most interesting parts had been sold 
to Mr. R. B. N. Walker, and were on their way 
to England. I was shown for the first time the 
Ndambo, or Ndambie (Bowdich, “Olamboo”), 
which gives the india rubber of commerce; it is 
not a fat-leaved fig-tree ( Ficus elastica of Asia) nor 
aeuphorbia ( Siphonia elastica ), as in South Ame¬ 
rica, but a large climbing ficus, a cable thick as 
a man’s leg crossing the path, and “ swarming up ” 
to the top of the tallest boles; the yellow fruit is 
