The men were wild with excitement, and danced round the fallen queen of the forest, with loud shouts and exultant songs.

They returned, bearing as trophies the tail and part of the trunk, and marched into camp as erect as soldiers, and evidently feeling that their stature had increased considerably since the morning.
Sandia's wife was duly informed of their success, as here a law decrees that half the elephant belongs to the chief on whose ground it has been killed.

The Portuguese traders always submit to this tax, and, were it of native origin, it could hardly be considered unjust.

A chief must have some source of revenue; and, as many chiefs can raise none except from ivory or slaves, this tax is more free from objections than any other that a black Chancellor of the Exchequer could devise.

It seems, however, to have originated with the Portuguese themselves, and then to have spread among the adjacent tribes.