The tongue of one was cut up and fried as a great luxury for the white men's supper by Ostik.

It is not often that the natives of equatorial Africa are able to indulge in meat, and the joy of the Fans at this abundant supply, and the prospect afforded them of further good eating, raised their spirits to the highest extent.
Next morning at daybreak Mr.Goodenough and Frank set out from the camp.
Each carried a double barreled gun, and was accompanied by one of the Houssas carrying his rifle and a butterfly net, and when three hours later they returned to the camp for breakfast and compared their spoils they found that an excellent beginning had been made.

Nearly a score of birds, of which several were very rare, and five were pronounced by Mr.Goodenough to be entirely new, had been shot, and many butterflies captured.

Frank had been most successful in this respect, as he had come across a small clearing in which were several deserted huts.

This was just the place in which butterflies delight, for, although many kinds prefer the deep shades of the forest, by far the greater portion love the bright sunlight.
After breakfast they again set out, Frank this time keeping along the edge of the stream, where he had observed many butterflies as he came up, and where many birds of the kingfisher family had also been seen.