Wild Life under the Equator

As I and my men lay by the fire, I said to them-"Now to-night I am going to tell you a story; an old story from the white man's country concerning yours. " There was a very great silence at once, for they knew it was not often I came out with a story, and they all shouted with one accord-"Tell us a story! " at the same time forming a circle round me.

So I begun: "Ever so long ago, and a long way off from here, but still in your own land, there was a powerful country called Carthage. The people of that country were brave and not afraid of war. They had many ships, and their ships went into different countries. At that time the Commi nation must have been a long way in the interior and your people had never seen the sea.