In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
ceeded in arousing me so that I could speak, but 
1 found it quite impossible to partake of any 
nourishment. During this physical prostration, 
my mind was abnormally active. 1 seemed to see 
many of the scenes of my boyhood days. I also 
saw my wife wandering weeping about our 
home in Ejahyay. I tried to find some rest on 
the ground with my saddle for a pillow, but I 
passed a night full of horror. So soon as I would 
begin to doze, some suspicious sound would 
make me start up to listen. It was too dark to 
see anything, but my hearing was intensely 
acute and exaggerated every sound. 1 was also 
in most intense physical pain, having had a very 
severe ague in the first of the night. 
About midnight there was a great alarm. The 
stillness of the hour was suddenly broken by a 
piercing shriek. Lights flashed about and I saw 
men taking down their guns and powder gourds. 
Then there was a cry of, “ Fire! Fire! ” I thought 
the Ebaddans had fired the house to drive me out, 
but I awaited developments before taking action. 
After some suspense, I learned through my com¬ 
panion that a child named Ena (fire) was thought 
to be dying, and all this noise was the result of 
the efforts of the people in the house to drive 
away the evil spirit that was dragging away the 
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