In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
that we were sleeping in Ogubona’s private tent 
and that he was lying not more than a few feet 
from me. However, this did not disturb me at 
all, for it was a guarantee of protection so far as 
his power and authority extended; but I never 
heard of the like the whole time 1 was in Africa. 
African generosity could hardly go farther than 
this. 
I found him to be a very handsome man. He 
was said to be the handsomest man in all that 
part of Africa. 1 am sorry to say that I never 
had an opportunity to meet him again and to ex¬ 
press my thanks to him in some tangible form. 
He died from the effects of exposure a short time 
after this event. He was highly esteemed by the 
English, who invariably spoke of him as “ His 
Highness.” In one room of his house he kept 
all the curious presents made to him by foreign¬ 
ers, and it was said to be like a small museum. 
One of his amusements was to try to make a 
number of clocks strike together. 
About daybreak next morning, we heard a 
child calling outside the camp fortifications and 
found that it was one of our little boys who had 
been so blinded and exhausted by the storm that 
he had not been able to find his way to camp 
until then. I sent out a hunter for the lost 
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