In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
and is abandoned by the rest. The hunter 
escapes by a secret path and when the noise 
ceases, he returns with some of his companions 
and joyfully takes possession of his gigantic 
game. For him, its tusks, its hide and its flesh 
constitute a small fortune. 
In hunting the leopard, they tie a kid where its 
pitiful, baby-like cries may be heard by the 
prowling beast. This sometimes requires quick 
work, for the cunning creature will often take the 
kid at a single bound and disappear like a flash. 
Wild boars and some other animals of chase, are 
hunted by means of dogs as they are elsewhere. 
The most remarkable way of taking game was 
that practiced by Abodere, a son of Areh, and a 
reckless young man. With a number of his boon 
companions, he would go to a den of pythons. 
He would then place his young men in two rows 
facing each other on each side of the mouth of 
the den. Tying a strong cord to both his feet 
and leaving instructions to one of his followers to 
pull him out when he gave the signal by shaking 
his foot, he would crawl into the den of pythons 
and seize the tail of one in both hands. At his 
signal both were drawn out together and the 
snake was despatched with clubs. The natives 
declared that the flesh of this snake is white, 
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