. Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State . ?^^r. L , (iKACKFUL SEMLIKl W A 1 h KlUCK. ^dl. GOVERNMENT FuKT. [To face p. 114. ALBERT EDWARD ISLANDERS 115 One night, on another visit, I was sleeping here inthe teachers house. About midnight there was ascratching at the reed door. The idea of a leopardat once flashed across my mind, and I slipped to theplace and listened. Yes, there he was, scraping had my shot-gun with me, and the thought occurredto me that by holding it in the vacant space leftbetween the wall and the reed framework whichserv
. Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State . ?^^r. L , (iKACKFUL SEMLIKl W A 1 h KlUCK. ^dl. GOVERNMENT FuKT. [To face p. 114. ALBERT EDWARD ISLANDERS 115 One night, on another visit, I was sleeping here inthe teachers house. About midnight there was ascratching at the reed door. The idea of a leopardat once flashed across my mind, and I slipped to theplace and listened. Yes, there he was, scraping had my shot-gun with me, and the thought occurredto me that by holding it in the vacant space leftbetween the wall and the reed framework whichserved as a door, and letting fly, I might perhaps withextreme good fortune hit him in the eye. But otherhuts were too near to permit of my venturing to doit, so I had to be content with thrusting the handleof a rake through the aperture, and a hurried scramblewas the result. Back again in bed and the scratchingoutside recommenced ; but the beast must evidentlyhave got amongst the pots, for there was such a clatter-ing as effectually to frighten him off for the rest of thenight. In the morning the footmarks were found tobe only those
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