th their enemies should they make their appearance.

The chief laughed at the notion. "You might as well attempt to turn the
torrent of yonder river," he answered, "as to try and induce the savage
Pangwes to turn aside from any undertaking on which they have resolved.
There is only one thing they understand, and that is the argument which
your muskets can hold. If you wish to aid us, you must come with them
and plenty of ammunition, and you may then make the Pangwes turn aside
to some other district."

I need not further describe our interview, but it ended in a most
satisfactory manner, the Bakeles promising to be our friends, and to
help us should we require their aid. Having concluded our visit, we
took our leave, and commenced our return homewards. As we made our way
through the forest we saw vast numbers of apes playing about the trees,
and kept a bright look-out on either side lest we should come suddenly
upon a lion or leopard--an animal still more to be dreaded, on account
of the distance it can spring. We trusted to the guidance of Chickango,
for alone I doubt whether we should have been able to find our way. As
we were moving along, suddenly, from among the leaves of a palm, I
caught sight of an odd-looking face peering out at us, and apparently
examining us with much curiosity. The nose was white, and a thick
fringe of white hair surrounded the cheeks. The face was black, and the
body was of a dark colour, stunted hair covering the top of the head. I
could not help bursting out into a fit of laughter at the odd look of
the creature, for it reminded me of an old woman. It was unlike any ape
I had before seen. Hearing the noise, it turned up its eyes with a look
of astonishment, and then springing to the nearest branch, ran off,
twirling its long tail, into the depths of the forest. As we agreed not
to kill any animal uselessly, we let it go without firing a shot; for we
were too far off from home to carry it with us. It would have been
useless to collect objects of natural history, except very small ones,
as we could not have conveyed them with us on the long journey we
expected soon to make.

We were slowly making our way through the forest, keeping our guns ready
to fire at a moment's notice, when, in the thick shade of some closely
growing trees, we caught sight of another huge ape, with a young one by
its side. At the first glance I fancied it was a gorilla, but the
second showed me that it