TALE 30

The Story of a Panic

Persons

Edubu (Adder) Ikingi (Fly) Ko (Wild-Rat) Ngomba (Porcupine) Njâku (Elephant) Ngubu (Hippopotamus) Nyati (Ox) Bejaka (Fishes) Ngando (Crocodile)

NOTE

Native Africans after bathing, rub more or less of some oil, either native palm, or foreign pomade, on their bodies.

In the Dry Seasons, when the rivers are low, fish are caught by building dams across the streams, and then bailing out the water from the enclosed spaces. Observe flies, as carriers of disease.