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Updated: May 16, 2025
In the morning they packed up and made their way upstream to the place where they had left the sections of the Okapi, for such a banner of smoke as was still mounting from the smouldering reeds was bound to attract inspection from the natives. They found the hiding-place undisturbed, and, after putting the boat together, went on down to the Congo.
The others bent their heads, and presently they too heard the sound that had reached the keener sense of the warrior a rhythmical beat and hum made by many paddles as the man-hunters, who had hidden behind the island, were dashing forward in hot haste to catch the Okapi, which they expected would be landing its crew.
Von Schalckenberg, on the other hand, was so absolutely certain that they were still upon the track of the okapi, and that they would soon come up with it, also that there would be no difficulty whatever in the matter of finding their way back, that, as he explained, he felt quite justified in urging the others to continue the pursuit, pleading at the same time the folly of giving up, now that they had come so far, and done so much.
The men went off singing, six men to each section, and in the afternoon the Okapi was once more in her proper element. "And which way will you go, Ngonyama?" "We have thought it over during the rains, chief.
The savage look- out men, standing erect in the sharp bows of the long canoes, motioned to the paddlemen to stop, and all heads were turned to the wind to catch any sound in case the hunted should attempt to move away. Fierce eyes were directed towards one spot, where the fire blazed on the island over against the place where the Okapi had laid up.
"The only thing to do now," said Mr. Hume, "is to visit the pool, and make a close examination of the walls." "We could not examine the wall without swimming in the pool," said Venning, "and before I do that I am prepared to stay here a very long time." "I cannot say I relish the idea myself, but I see no other way out of the mess. We must have the Okapi before the full moon.
When he had gone, the three plunged into the wood to follow the river down to the spot where the Okapi had been docked. After leaving many shreds and patches of clothing on the thorns, Mr. Hume and Venning discovered the spot by the "blaze" on the trees adjoining made by the axe.
Will you give me something? And the antelope had said: 'Well, you may be rather like me in size, but don't make yourself a shape that anyone could mistake for me. So the poor, meek okapi had made himself the colour and size of the antelope, but had taken the sloping back of a giraffe; and then he had gone to the antelope, and said: 'Will this do? And the antelope had not been altogether pleased, and he had said: 'Humph!
They ran the Okapi in, and Muata, with his jackal, leapt ashore to decipher what this writing in the forest meant.
Hurrah!" Venning, recovering himself, saw the men on the launch hurled to the deck. "Hurray!" he shouted. "Keep on!" shouted Compton; and, after another five minutes' burst, the Okapi swept behind one island and passed in between two others. "Now," he said, "give me the levers." "You're welcome," said Mr. Hume, wiping the moisture from his brow and taking a huge breath.
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