. HEAD OF BLACK GNU. SOLDIER ANTS. 231 friend, like a guardian spirit, sitting on his wieners, or flyinggently on just over the object of its care. When the buffalo isquietly feeding, this bird may be seen hopping on the groundpicking up food, or sitting on its back ridding it of the insectswith which their skins are sometimes infested. The sight ofthe bird being much more acute than that of the buffalo, it issoon alarmed by the approach of any danger, and, flying up, thebuffaloes instantly raise their heads to discover
. HEAD OF BLACK GNU. SOLDIER ANTS. 231 friend, like a guardian spirit, sitting on his wieners, or flyinggently on just over the object of its care. When the buffalo isquietly feeding, this bird may be seen hopping on the groundpicking up food, or sitting on its back ridding it of the insectswith which their skins are sometimes infested. The sight ofthe bird being much more acute than that of the buffalo, it issoon alarmed by the approach of any danger, and, flying up, thebuffaloes instantly raise their heads to discover the cause whichhas led to the sudden flight of their guardian. They sometimesaccompany the buffaloes in their flight on the wing, at othertimes they sit as above described. Another African bird, namely, the Buphaga Africana, at-tends the rhinoceros for a similar purpose. It is called kalain the language of the Bechuanas. When these people wish toexpress their dependence upon another, they address him as my rhinoceros, as if they were the birds. The satellites ofa chief go by the same
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