The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-18
THE ARURIMI DWARFS.
Staniey's Description OF the PIGmics in the
Great Forest Region.

THE ARURIMI DWARFS.
staniey's Description OF the PIEm,es in the
| Great Forest Region.
From the London Times
From the chimpanzees, balloons, and mon
Keys, with which the forest abounds is hut q
step. according to Darwlnism. to the piRny
COUNTRY we be nrn sn the
poets nine, centuries before the beginning Of
wrote about the sanEuinary battle that was re-
ported to have taken place between the pig
fore Christ Herodotus described the capture -. IRE
angess Th ss, they H NJ Sssa Psn
how the little men took them to their
villages and showed them about to their fellow
kataus in the Nth century located the pigmies
Of the Mountains OF the Moon, and l. find that
from HiDparGhus downward geographers have
and nearly 'O year acc ago we found them wbeqs
aad %atw Ssed R IND Rd the
right up to the base line of the Mountains Of
Near a place called Avetiko. on the IturI
River: our hungry men found the first male
aHd At teme n 81 rs pigmes s9uatted In the
can imagine what a shock it was to the poor
little creatures at finding themselves suddenly
surrounded sIafou by gigantic, sondaEnese feet
height and weight, and black as coal. but my
IanIibaris, always more tender;hearted than
cutlasses from extingushing their lives there
and then. and brought them to me as prizes in
a big hawk, moth or mammoth longieorn
1 bato inspecti0n AS they 1 i irembi9gly
and the minature Woman Eve lar ''i more u ap
pronriate names in the wild Eden on the Ituri
ale aSke a9d az Ssm o %5sb tay
how these represented the Oldest people on
the globe my admiration would have gone to
have expected. Poor Greekish heroes Ts "G and
Jewish patriarchs. how their glory paed be-
Had Adam known howto assume a tragic pose
how fifty he might have said: Yea YOU may
ing on the face OF the earth who from primeval
time have never been iemQyed from their
heard Of We Ii, ed in these wild shades. from
the Nile Founi aims to the Sea OF Dark ness, and
like the giants OF the forests We despise time
tho kind. They did not know they were heirs
contrary their faces said clearly enough. as
they furtiyely looked at one aud the other
o 2eyS Tere eV %eso some
nervous witches about the angies Of the nose
and quick upllftings OF the eyeIids, and swift,
searching looks to note what fate was in store
for them. 1t is not q comfortable feeling which
possesses victim in the presence OF u possible
Adam and Eve Of the African Eden te The The
woman lit 10 less. He may have weighed about
half.baked brick, and light brown fell stood
out very clearly. 30 Tar as natural intelligence
was concered. within his limited experience.
he was certainly superior to any black man In
instance. he knew better than any of US: he
knew what wild fruits were wholesome. and
what fungi were poisonous. He could have
given uS valuable lessons how to find
through the forest. | saw also that he could
Sdap 10 e sn9 to + the PG
would betray his fear OF pain II he were TO be
We began to question him by gestures. " Do
you know where We Gun got Bananas HsI
and aHS f%s lis snHT
t4at ne knows where to find bananas OF the sip,
rs SEX Marx H' T% SsS nSt
ingy. He points to the, sunrise In reply. Is
With loads do you know the Ihsfq%.
+ p He rests his TsGht laad stiasw.ns n
his abdomen lovingly With an Srtipl snile and
brings liS two hands TO point in from OF nm,
from which We may infer that our pHWNn VIC
him why Aveliko has 50 little food. The little
man ATTEMPTS TO Initiate the s9uni OF o. Eil IN
formed quite lntellgently that the devastation
Is duo 10 the Manyurma. ,....,,
many rs 700 villages inhabited by n" piFnIeS
Long, however, before we reached thoh they
were deserted and utterly cleanei odF our
ioragcrs and scouts may have .Mp'uret about
liiiy OF tHese dwHrs, oAy one OF whom cached
the height Of d inches: They VARIED rom ID
well proportoned that ut first sight iiRy might .
be taken for ordinary mani nj, bnteShen we
or u Mudi they appear exceedingly III linutive.
Tho az oniTGr%a I1 tSt. s@snts G in lhs region
arc to be found every nine or ten piles arnrt.
d dSa NEE viii Witt bS and from N four 70 eight pis
my villages situated alon tho pths leading 4
loit. Tn" larger aborignio.r ar very in us
acres, Amid the PROSTATE iorgits they pjant
their banana and plaintain hls1s. In twelve .
hidden by the .luxuriant, froIds and album
ana ana a tTI W HHI be- eMsY @ ~ r STs
that in the forest an 8io OF banana
plants produces tTenty-hro, dimes more TODD .
The riGmie7 nh ear 70 heaTare th"! banana
plantation Is iu"Nhaust BILE, and 10 think that ,
they aayS as much RICH ta,hS produce as tho
thesr, plantati"uS aud maIo tho larger natives .
pay dearly for the hono. OF thelr, acluaint-
able service 10 them ~ warning them OF the
advance Of strangers I'D assisting them 10
game and birds, and supply, tho larger
natives with peltry, feSthers, and meat, II -;
peare1 to me thai hs niErniess we're ,sgarasd
would be more Welcome than their Vicinity:
amen money ana came m ,E netFy ana
the pGnleS pack thei, h 'uschold goods On
tnei women ha"B' ard i'pnri elsewhere 20
attach ihe:nac,vrs 10 some Ot4Or plantations d.
4 forest village consists Ol from ~ to loo lalni-
Hes Of Rigpies. atd probably In that area be,
freq lie IN The perpetual twilight q the great