Had it not been for his friendship for Stephen I think that he would have thrown it down.
We crossed the Garden of the god, where Mrs.Eversley told me the Kalubi must scatter the sacred seed twice a year, thus confirming the story that we had heard.

It seems that it was then, as he made his long journey through the forest, that the treacherous and horrid brute which we had killed, would attack the priest of whom it had grown weary.

But, and this shows the animal's cunning, the onslaught always took place _after_ he had sown the seed which would in due season produce the food it ate.

Our Kalubi, it is true, was killed before we had reached the Garden, which seems an exception to the rule.

Perhaps, however, the gorilla knew that his object in visiting it was not to provide for its needs.