Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-30

game as well as leopards and hyenas, and /
some lions. There are many apes, among |
them the chimpanzee and great night ape.
Zibbet cats were found and successfully |
tanned. Snakes are rare, birds frequent, 20. |
pecislly parrots, guinea fowl and . great
wood pigeon. Innumerable ishes are In the
waters, and are caught with nets and dams.
Hunting Is generally In the form OF driving
the game, whole tribes of natives taking
part in the chase. Great portions of ooun-
try are surrounded by nets, and all that runs
into them are shot down. In Adamana
ditch traps are made, stuck full at the bot
tom with poisoned spear heads. These ditch
es are dangerous to men also, for they are
generally dug near the roads. Three bearers
fell into one meant for elephants, but luckily
received no hurt. Other traps, led to by
paths screened by hedges, are made. In the
interior domestic animals are found in sbun-
dance and the coast negroes buy what they
nous for Its fat bumped oxen and Its NAMED
sheep and goats. A full grown fat bumped
OK costa In lola six marks. Fowls, which
are generally thin in Africa, are round and
fat in the backwoods of CAMERON, and the
Bali understand how to fstten cspons. As
far as the travellers could accustom them
selves to the native fare, Ii must be consid-
cred excellent in the interior of CAMERON.
Even the population shows to great advan-
tage compared to the inhabitants Of the
coast, for their physical existence is freer
and more developed than the latter. Very
| tall men are often found, and tie people are
aware of their strength. They tattoo thsm.
selves with blue color like the coast negroes.
In Bsrombi both sexes were proud of their
artful manner of dressing their hair, while
In Adamsna the men shave their heads and
the women wear chignons of enormous
height. The way the Bali dress their hair
resembles that of Hamburg housemaide.
These people press the skulls of new born
infants into a long shape, which custom
seems to have no influence on their mental
| capabilities. for they are the clsverest me-
groes that Zuitgraf met with. Though they
have sharp sight, they cannot distinguish
| colors well. They can only distinguish
three colors In the rainbow, and If q negro
says he can see four colors, they say IL Is q
lie, as only whites can see that. xuitgraf
gave some remarkable proofs of the insensi-
bility and resistive power of the negroes.
A man whose stomach had been pierced
through with ball, 80 that the chyle issued
from the wound whenever he moved, fought
with his companions for his share of the
booty. People who had been shot through
the arm or the fieshy part of the thigh still
made long marches. In treating the negroes,
who are as easily discontented and as easily
contented again ss children, one must nevel
try to carry out strict principles; to give IL
partly is the only way, for one can get muci
further by q roundabout way of procsedinl
with these suspicious people. Though svsri
cious, curious and mendscious, the black
are certainly capable of civilization IL take
rightly; and equally sure is the profit 70 b
derived In Africa. Zuitgraf concluded hi
lecture by saying that only timid people csl
| regard Africa as O euperhuous piece of fur
| niture In the household of nature.