The next morning, they went to the white men; they were trusted with guns and bullets and powder; they went to the forest, and fought with the elephants. In two days the ship was loaded, and it departed.

This continues to happen so until this day, in the Ivory-Trade.

TALE 4

Leopard’s Marriage Journey

Persons

Njambi (Chief of a Town) Njâ (Leopard) Etoli (House-Rat) Mbindi (Wild Goat) Vyâdu (Antelope) Ehibo (Red Antelope) Ihĕli (Gazelle) Ekwĕdikwĕdi (Fire-Fly)

Leopard wanted to marry, and he sought a betrothal at Njambi’s town. Secretly, Njambi had arranged with Leopard that he should bring him no goods in payment of the “Dowry,” but only the bodies of animals.