The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-10
From the Erening Post
LIFE IN AFRICA-WANDERIN AMONG
THE CHILDREN or HAM


map i,%' e's' nesearcneS, ana ELS
sionary Laoors during Elghteen Years Residence
In Eastern Africa" has been republished bv Tick
nor & Fields. of Boston. II is divided into two
oorta. +bo 6 t .oo.; ..
r" - INC ~: 'ie"'ins VI nissionaiy iaoors' ana
tle SecoIo oeihS Seo@raphlcal, topographlcal, and
historical. The volume is dedicated to the Prince
Consort of England For sixteen wears DR. Kranf
hos hoo, o,,Iori, .l oo.t- - l. 80
na' 'een 'ne easter Shore Oh africa, ana
MS WORK now forms worthy companion to those
VI Livingstone, barth, ana Andersen. There Is
perhaps zoo great an admixture OF purely religious
MlIIiug, Wnicn Is somewhat out OF place In what
Pu[pGIts u 10 oe mere pook OF travels; but then we
aiso hnu many chapters OF curious incidents which
are not open 10 TINS quasi Objection We make the
ioho"lng extract:
n NATION OF PIGMTEs.
10 'he sGuth OF haffa and Susa there is very
sulely y anu nulniu country, with many bamboo
"oous' hhaolteu Dy the race called Dokos, who
are no tnah p0ys 10y OF Ten years ola; that Is,
Chly iou leeI hiSn. 1hey nave uark, olve-colored
c0hpieXon, ana i've In completely savage state,
IKE the beasts having neither houses. temples,
holy trees, like the Gallas, yet possessing some
thlng ike an IDEA nt higher being called Yer, to
whom IN moments of wretchedness and anxiety
they pray-not In an erect posture but reversed,
with the head on the ground, and the feet sup
ported upright against tree or stone. In prayer
they say; err II thou really doSt exist, why dost
thou allow us thus to be slain? We do not ask thee
for food and clothing for we live serpents, ants,
and mice. Thou hast made us, why dost thou per-
no chief, no laws weapons; they do not hunt nor
till the ground but live solely on fruits roots mice
serpents, ants, honey, and the like climbing trees
and gathering the fruits like monkeys, and both
sexes go completely naked. They have thick, pro-
truding lips, fiat noses and small ewes; the hair is
| not woolly. and is worn by the women over the
| shoulders. The nails on the hand and feet are al
lowed to grow like the taons of vultures and are
used in digging for ants and in tearing to pieces
the serpents, which they devOur raw for thew are
| unacquainted with fire. The spine of the snake is
! the only ornament worn round the neck, but they
pierce the ears with sharp-pointed piece of wood
The Dokos multiply very rapidly, but have no
regular marriages. no settled home each in nerfect
| independence, going whittier fancy leads The
mother nurses her child only for short time, ac-
customing it as soon as possible to the eating of
ants and serpents; and as as the child can
help itself, the mother lets it depart whittier it
| pleases. Although these people live in thick
| woods, and conceal themselves amongst the trees
| yet they become the prev of the sIave.hunters OF
| Susa, Kaffa, Dumbaro, and Kulla for whole re-
| gons of their woods encircled by the hunters
| so that the Dokos cannot easily escape. When the
slave,h come in sight of the poor creatures
they hold up clothes of bright coOrs, singing and
dancing, upon which the Dokos allow themselves to
be captured, without resistance, knowing from eX
perience tnat such resistance Is rultess, and car
sands can be captured by small band of hunters
anu once captured R tney become quite doclle. In
inc o1 mice sarnents and ant p aitbo l1t ieeu
that account punished by their masters. who ir
other respects are attached to them, as they are
ooclie ana ooedlent, have few wants, and enjoy
good health, Tor which reasons they are sold
as slaves beyond Enarea. AS diseases are unknown
among them, they die only of old age, through
the assaults OF their enemies.
1t cannot be decided whether these Dokos are the
pigmies who, according to Herodotus, were dis
covered near great river in the vicinity of Cen
trail Africa by two youths dispatched by Etearch
king OF the Oasis of Ammon; yet | car
pear witness that heard OF these little people not
only In Shoa' but also in ukambanJ two degrees
TO TO the south and IN Barava degree and-a-haf to
the north OF the equator. In Baraya a slave wa:
scripton of the Dokos. He was four feet high
very thick set, dark complexioned, and lively, and
the people of the place assured Inc that he o
the pigmy race of the interior. 1t is not impossi
BILE, too, that circumstances, such as continued