In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
we were in danger. At one place the canoemen 
recognized the track of an elephant in the mud 
on the bank, but we neither saw nor heard any¬ 
thing that made us fear an attack from one of 
these dangerous animals. The trees were im¬ 
mense but the undergrowth and vines were so 
rank that they often presented the appearance of 
a solid wall of green. The fauna as well as the 
flora of the country furnished us much diversion. 
During the day the little monkeys would peep at 
us from behind the leaves of overhanging limbs, 
and in the evening they would assemble in hun¬ 
dreds on the branches of some large dead tree 
to pass the night. They are a favorite prey of 
boa-constrictors, leopards, tiger cats and other 
animals and they choose a dead tree that they 
may see the approach of any enemy in the night. 
It was really pitiful to hear them chattering while 
they were arranging themselves in little groups 
like timid children. Birds, large and small, in¬ 
cluding flocks of parrots, were constantly flying 
over us. 
In the rainy season, the Ogun is a deep, wide 
stream with a strong current, but it was now the 
dry season and our canoe had to be dragged over 
shallows in several places. Although this caused 
some delay, it gave us a pleasant change, for we 
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