In African Forest and Jungle

I PROPOSE TO GO INTO THE FOREST TO HUNT--ROTEMBO PROMISES ME THREE GIFTS--ROGALA, THE FAMOUS HUNTER, THE FIRST OF THEM--DESCRIPTION OF ROGALA--ANDEKKO, THE DOG, THE SECOND GIFT-...

NDOVA AS A TEST OF POISONOUS FRUITS AND BERRIES--HE DISCOVERS A BEEHIVE--A FEAST OF HONEY--ANDEKKO'S USEFULNESS IN HUNTING--KOOLA NUTS--WE KILL TWO WILD BOARS--CAPTURE OF A BABY...

THE next day after our talk Rogala, bending low and taking one of my feet in both his hands, said with great fervor: "Oguizi, I want to go home, and if you let me go I will be b...

I FIND STRANGE FOOTPRINTS ON THE BANKS OF A RIVULET--ROGALA AND I SET OFF IN PURSUIT--WE FIND A MAN UNDER A KOOLA TREE--SURPRISE AND CAPTURE HIM--TERROR OF OUR CAPTIVE--WE TAKE...

MY HUNTERS AND I BECOME GREAT FRIENDS--ANDEKKO AND NDOVA GROW FOND OF ME--WE TAKE NDOVA INTO THE FOREST--HE CALLS MONKEYS TO US AGAIN--ANDEKKO'S PROWESS AS A HUNTER--A FEMALE GO...

PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE--OFF FOR FOREST AND JUNGLE--A HERD OF ELEPHANTS--WE CAMP FOR THE NIGHT--NDOVA CALLS MONKEYS OF HIS TRIBE WITHIN RANGE--WE KILL TWO OF THEM--FEEDING ON...

ROGALA'S wife had a beautiful gray parrot with a bright red tail. The parrot could talk well and say many things. Every morning he would perch on a tree and call upon the flocks...

NOW that I knew from my astronomical observations where I was, and what was the day of the month and week, I said to Rogala: "Let us go and hunt in the forest, for possibly I ma...

BERRIES and nuts had become very scarce and we had to go a long way to gather them, for those that were near our camp had been eaten. Game had also become very scarce. One day w...

ANOTHER EXCURSION--FOOTPRINTS OF GORILLAS (NGINAS)--LISTENING TO THE MONSTERS' ROARING--TWO OF THEM CALLING TO EACH OTHER--THEY GRADUALLY DRAW NEAR TO EACH OTHER AND TO US--THEY...

UNEASINESS OF ROGALA--HE FEARS THE NEW MOON MAY SEE AND BEWITCH HIM--HE BUILDS A SMALL HOUSE AND HIDES IN IT--HE HAS AN ATTACK OF FEVER, WHICH HE ASCRIBES TO WITCHCRAFT

A CANOE-VOYAGE TO THE COUNTRY OF ROTEMBO THE CHIEF--A TOILET OF CEREMONY--ROTEMBO's GROTESQUE COSTUME--A FORMAL RECEPTION--SPEECHES OF ROTEMBO AND MYSELF--A DANCE IN MY HONOR--M...

ONE day at daylight Rogala and I left our camp, I taking my light rifle, and Rogala his gun and a net. After we had climbed over our fence we could hear Andekko barking and Ndov...

THE Bakalais, like all the people of the great forest, were very superstitious, and believed in witchcraft. I found that the people had moved only a few months before, and that...

THE time had come for us to leave the island and go back to our camp. I was very much pleased with our trip. Now I kept the days carefully. We cooked hard all the turtle's eggs...

I HAD been so long in the forest and had led such a life that I could not remember the day of the week and the date of the month. I was not sure whether I was at the end of July...

AT last the sun set behind the trees. Darkness came on, and the stars made their appearance one by one. Soon the heavens glittered with them. The murmur of the wind passing thro...

ONE evening as Rogala, Shinshooko, Alapai, and I were seated around a blazing fire, we talked about gorillas, elephants, and other big game, and determined to go and build an "o...

AFTER a few minutes' walk we came to a grove of plantain trees, and there saw the home of Rogala, which was composed of four small structures. The dwelling-house had a veranda i...

Ndova was very still and was thinking. There was no mistake about it. His face showed it; his eyes showed it. He had a wonderful and thoughtful expression of sadness which went...

EARLY the next morning I was up, and followed the path until I came to another which crossed it. This one was well trodden, showing that it was quite frequented. The question ag...

We built with the poles a long narrow funnel-like alley, which became gradually smaller and smaller towards the end, so that it was impossible for the leopard to go entirely thr...

I LOVED to walk by myself in the great forest, taking my smooth-bore gun for birds, with which I always took a few bullets in case I should meet some large animals.

MEANTIME, as I did not return to our camp, my hunters became greatly alarmed. They set off in different directions in the forest in search of me. Rogala took Andekko with him, t...

"The times are hard with us," I said to Rogala; "the bashikouays have driven the game away. There are no more koola nuts. Let us go back to your home, where we shall find plenty...

AFTER the departure of the women and children my hunters busied themselves in making traps to catch animals. I discovered not far from our camp a beautiful rivulet of clear wate...

ONE day when Andekko had been hunting by himself, he returned with such a forlorn appearance that we knew he had found nothing. He had been absent about three hours.

I GO HUNTING IN THE FOREST WITH ANDEKKO--DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DOG--SOUNDS OF A FIERCE CONFLICT--I FIND ANDEKKO FIGHTING WITH A MANDRILL--HE KILLS HIS ENEMY, BUT DIES OF HIS WOUN...

I immediately gave a little dose of medicine to Ndova, but it did not seem to do him any good. That night we all went to sleep feeling very sad.

NDOVA FALLS SICK--STUNG BY A SCORPION OR BITTEN BY A CENTIPEDE--REFUSES TO EAT--GROWS WEAKER IN SPITE OF ALL OUR CARE AND NURSING--ONE MORNING I FIND HIM DEAD--WE MAKE A COFFIN...

Another excursion--Footprints of gorillas (nginas)--Listening to the monsters' roaring--Two of them calling to each other--They gradually draw near to each other and to us--They...

I propose to go into the forest to hunt--Rotembo promises me three gifts--Rogala, the famous hunter, the first of them--Description of Rogala--Andekko, the dog, the second gift-...

My hunters and I become great friends--Andekko and Ndova grow fond of me--We take Ndova into the forest--He calls monkeys to us again--Andekko's prowess as a hunter--A female go...

I find strange footprints on the banks of a rivulet--Rogala and I set off in pursuit--We find a man under a koola tree--Surprise and capture him--Terror of our captive--We take...

Ndova falls sick--Stung by a scorpion or bitten by a centipede--Refuses to eat--Grows weaker in spite of all our care and nursing--One morning I find him dead--We make a coffin...

Preparations for departure--Off for forest and jungle--A herd of elephants--We camp for the night--Ndova calls monkeys of his tribe within range--We kill two of them--Feeding on...

A canoe-voyage to the country of Rotembo the Chief--A toilet of ceremony--Rotembo's grotesque costume--A formal reception--Speeches of Rotembo and myself--A dance in my honor--M...

I go hunting in the forest with Andekko--Disappearance of the dog--Sounds of a fierce conflict--I find Andekko fighting with a mandrill--He kills his enemy, but dies of his woun...

Ndova as a test of poisonous fruits and berries--He discovers a beehive--A feast of honey--Andekko's usefulness in hunting--Koola nuts--We kill two wild boars--Capture of a baby...

Uneasiness of Rogala--He fears the new moon may see and bewitch him--He builds a small house and hides in it--He has an attack of fever, which he ascribes to witchcraft 96

Fight between monkey tribes, nkagos and mondis--My gun puts both sides to flight--A visit from the bashikouay ants--Everything flies before them--We drive them off with firebran...

We cross the river and hide our axes--Ndova's fright at a python--Andekko finds a leopard's lair--We capture two leopard cubs--A visit from savages--They are frightened by my Wa...

Leave the island for our camp--Monkeys among the trees--Find everything untouched--I get lost following nginas--Am lucky enough to find koola nuts--Camp under the koola tree--An...

Alarm of my hunters at my absence--Rogala sets out to search for me--His superstitious terrors--Consults his ogana, or idol--Finds my traces at last and follows me to the villag...