New-York tribune., 1867-04-11

wbkh abound in almost every other part of Africa
! are here absent Neither hons, rhinoceroses ne
| bras eirafes. nor OstTiChes are known. Not
even qazelles and Glands which are so fire.
ouep elsewhere are seen IN this region. Large
carniyorous animals accordingly are scarce. There
are only eOpards and two Or three species of hyenas
and ackals Little nOcturnal.anmals are more com
mon, but it is difficult TO get at them. Reptiles
abound in The forest There are great many snakes
some of which are very poisonous. Lizards also are
abundant in districts; there is wonderful va
rety of spiders-house SPIDERS tree spiders, ground
spiders, and several formidable species of altevour-
ing ANS. Dragon flies Of beautiful color met Nith
near the pools. Bats are very abundant and there
are numerous species Of squirrels. Eight kinds Of
monkeys found in different districts. They live
in rOOpe, but when old they usually retire to private
life. A powerful eagle called the guanomin makes
perpetual war on the monkeys whose skulls in many
places wbiten the prairie after they have been de
stOyed by this leopard OF the air. Several yaiie-
ties Of apes roam the forest at the side of the negroes
The largest Of them all is the gorilla which may be
truly called the king Of the forest. Elephants
have become scarce, and Tecede further pd further
every year to the fastnesses Of the interior. NJ Du
Chalu travelled mile after mile without hearing the
sound of hiyd, the chatter of monkey, or the foot
step of gaDele. There was no humming. of insects
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the solemn silence was the murmuE Of some hidden
stream. The solitude was chilling even awful but
well adapted foT The study of nature.
The inhabtant of these mountainous recesses pre-
sents an impressive specimen of primitive man lie
is surrounded byiiense forests. No trading caravan
has penetrated 10 his rctrements. He has been shut
upln the world aG0tnd him. I'm the course of hlselow
mgratons he tak6s he place of others who had dis
appeared before him. Those who leave the interior
country for the sea~Shore never come back TO tell
their oountrymen Of .tbe white man or of the sea
The population of the great wooded Wilderness rs
scanty llthough there great number Of tribes,
speaking different languages and dialects Each
tribe is d Vded into many clans, which are often nj
war with each other The government is patriarrhal.
Each village has its elder or chief but the despOic
form of government is unkaOwn. No one can be pnt
TO death at the will of the chief The fate of an ac-
cusad person is decided by council of elders The
intlieacies of the law are ni0Own TO them. tooth
for tooth blood for blood life for life, are the
maxhs that compose THEN staple code. If man
kills aB0ther though by accident he IL killed him
self II gun goes Oft by mshaY. and kills any one,
the man who held the gun is piE TO death. Every
one is under tie protection of some one.
IT, by death, a negto is left al0De, be runs great
risk of being sold into slavery. Tribes and clans
inteTmarry with each ether, and this brings about
friendly feeling among the people. Persons Of the
same elan cannot marry with each other. The least
eonsangunity is considered an abOmnation, although
the nephew does moi hesitate to take his nncles
wiges nor the 10 take l1s fathers wives, except
his own mother PO!ygany and slavery everywhere
exist The wealth of man consists first of wives
next Of slaves. Their religion is the same in all
tribes They all believe in the power of their idol
gods in charms and fetiches, and 10 good and evil
spirits, Mahometansm has not fOnnd its way
into this painless jungle. The nDiyersal belief in
witchcraft causes an untold am0nnt OF slaughter
The appearance Of the new moon is regarded with
superstitOus fear.
NJ. du ChailluS account OF his personal adventures
with the native animals, of course, forms of the
most interesting portions of his volume, and will be
eagerly followed by large proportion OF his readers
Here is the history of model chmpanzee, which
was sent to England and afterward perishrd in the
EIe al LIS Crystal Palace.