The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-04-02

presentation of diamond snuff boz
with us. These cannibal tribes are al
ways fighting and are the dread of al
the people that surround them. Con.
quering every tribe with whom they
have come in contact. Some ten years
ago they were some two hundred and
fifty miles from the coast, having de-
stroyed or driven away all the other
tribes between them and the ocean. =
What impels them to move towards the
west | could not find out.
While among the Faus heard of 9TH
er cannibal tribes towards the north
west. One day | journeyed to that
country; they were called the Oshaibas,
| could see no difference between them
and the Faus; they had the same ap-
pearance and customs, and their vii
lagos were similar. They told me that
there were other cannibals beyond them
But not feeling comfortable among
them, commenced to make my way
towards the coast. The Faus had got
accustomed to me and were very sorry
that should go, indeed tried to per-
suade me to stay among them. Well,
ut the last left those good cannibals,
| and when made off they all said must
come again. A large number of them,
| cOth fhCi anu HOttClls llle
down as far as those tribes where [ had
been before, nearer the sea shore. They
came with me as far as my friends were.
l was very much touched with their be-
havior. When they parted from me,
they all set up shouting in a momen-
tous chaul "Fhe spirit is gone, the spir-
1t is gone, and will be seen by us no
more. We have seen what our foretath-
ers never saw, and what our children
will never see. The spirit is gone, is
gone" In reply l fired salute with
my gun, waved my hlnd, and so disap-
peored from my good friends, the Faus.
then passed through various tribes,
the Bonda, the Nbousha, and few 9TH
els, and came to place where there
was tribe called the Mongalapa. |
got sick then. L am glad to say never
was a day sick while was in the eoun-
try. OF those cannibais, and | was very
glad of it, tor one didn't know what
those Faus might attempt. Well, rs
soon as | got among the Nonga rest
ed myself at the chiefs residence-for
all those chiefs were sure to be nv
friends. must tell you that got on
the good side of the women, and then
everything was safe after. T. is so in
this country also. If you have the wo-
men, the ladies', with you, yousare sure
to be safe. Well, got very i'll then;
all this country down by the sea shore |
is SO swampv. Day after day | tried |
to break the chills down by taking quiz
nine, but it seemed to have no effect. |
until at last l was perfectly PROSTATE. |
| used often to wander out in those for
ests; | woald sometimes rest there at |
nights, and as | looked through the |
thick foliage and saw those stars, | |
wondered where my mother might be,
and whether she watched for me. Oh, |
felt so wretched, had no one to talk
60, ne one who could talk with me OF /
home friends, but after a few weeks | |
got better, and one day as WAS laying
in that forest, got walked up by an ar
my OF bashiquas-a strange kind OF ant.
was so much bitten by them that
was half dead. An antelope had been
killed the day before by king Bongo,
which had intended to eat. Bus it
was now covered with, oh millions OF
ants They are the most wonderful
insects in the forest. They are the
plague and dread of every living thing.
When they attack a village the peopIe
have to light fires, pour hot water a.
round and strew burning ashes around
They are really wonderful creatures.
They travel by millions through the
in single line, and some
lines the line is miles upon miles in
ength. The line is generally two inch
IS in breath, and there are officers
the entire length keeping
watch, so that none of those ants get
'llt of line. | watched line passing
me particular spot, and it was twelve
lours before the last of those ants had
'assed. AS they 60 through the forest,
t certain signal they spread them
elves out and attack everything that
ONES in their way. They will even 90
o the tops of trees; and the insects and =
verytEing ELSE fly. away before them.
Elephants. antelopes, gazelles, snakes,
corpions, all run away as fast as they
an. In fact many time [ have been
larned of the coming of these bashiquas s
y the insects aud othe- creatures fly Z
ng away in an opposite direction. | !
ot ready TOR them by having the fires 5
ghsed. They are the most voracious c
title creatures you can imagine. II
hey found n dead elephant on their
ne of march they would attack it, and |
n very short time nothing would be
1T but the bones. Sometimes the S
hiefs will have man tied up to a tree, 7
nd with an hour or two nothing would 5
G left OF him but the skeleton, They |
ertainly are the most voracious crea- l
Tres ever saw. One singular eircum.
lance connected with them is that they S
re afraid OF the sun. If they come to a Q
art of the forest where the sun is Shin
lg. they dig tunnel under that spot,
nd pass it by that means, and so con-
nue. their march through the forests in a
ngle file as before. n
But after all those little ants are very |,
seful, tor when they go through vii n
ge they clear out all the insects and ii
ermin; they kill all the rats and mice n
I'd those small snakes which somehow /,
anage to hide themselves away in the n
,uses, and which are So very danger Fl
is. You see we have very pleasant y
Equatorial Africa. Well, n
lose ants destroy everything of that b
nd; and everybody is glad after they :.
e gone. When they want to cross a n
YER they display wonderful ingenuity 3,
it is most astounding. l don't mean n
course, any large river, but any lit @,
one, say two feet across. They get n
} on the lower branch of some tree. :,
Id then number ofthem swing across "
Id form bridge; and the whole of the n
my then pass along their bodies; and f. e.
hen the line is passed, those others a.
at form the line swing off to the op- II
'site side of the stream and the entire q,
dy effects its passage. 1t must be ad- II
tted that they are extremely useful r.
clearing away large number of N
eatures that infest the country. Ifit NJ
Is not for those bashiquas, the coun- q, a,
y would not be inhabitable. NJ. Du n,
laillu proceeded TO give an account of II
her species of the tribe, she snakes, Ia
{! other curious animals, and conclud "a "a
by thanking his audience for their u
csence and KIND attention on this oc ~ n,
sion. al
lUP When does a public officer The NJ