The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-28
STRANGE JOURNEY FOR A WOMAN.
IL Takes Her Among the CannibaI
Tribe of Africa.

From the London Times.
Miss Kingsley. who has recently been
travelling in the Cameroons, arrived in
Liverpool on Saturday by the steamer
Bakana. She left Liverpool last Decem-
Der for the second time TO visit West
Africa, chiefly for the purpose Of collect
ing plscatOrial specimens and Of studying
lhe fetish customs OF the natives. Miss
kingsley's collection of fishes on her first
visit was OF a marine description, but
the present collection, most of which is
destined for the British Museum, is Of
Iresh-Water specimens.
After reaching Old Calabar. Miss Kings
ley proceeded 10 the French settlement
OF the GabOon, and made IL known 10 the
authorities that she wished TO explore
the gorilla country in the interior or the
Gahoon territory, and also to go up the
OgoWe river to N'Djole. N'Djole Is 200
miles up the Ogowe, but safe navigation
could not be guaranteed beyond LAMBDA
rene, which is 40 miles up.
After much difficulty. Miss Kingsley got
together a canoes crew Of eight natives,
and started for the rapids. The canoe
journey was a long enc, and nearly
dozen times the craft was upset and its
occupants were thrown into the water.
The current was strong, and Miss Kings
ley had several narrow escapes, being saw
ed more than once by ciutching the rocks
in the rapids and by holding on TO them
until the natives righted the canoe. 1t
was remarkable that none of the crew lost
their lives but once one man was miss
ing for a few hours, and was found perch
ed on one of the pinnacled rocks IN the
rapids.
Miss Kingsley had the most remarkable
adventure in the Fangwe country, while
travelling overland from the Ogowe river
to the Rembwe. The Fangwes are canni-
balls of the most pronounced type, always
at war with each other, and are one OF
the few tribes in Africa who eat their own
dead. Miss kingsley mad with her three
elephant men," or hunters, of the
| Fangwe tribe, and four Djuma men. As
the little band approached each FangWe
. ha,f in Gfa %
| tense, and the leader of the band very
| often fell into some trap which the inhabi-
| tants had laid outside the town Tor the
| enemy. As the expedition had no proper
| bandages when one of the carriers was
| injured he had to have his wounds bound
| up with leaves.
When the Journey was resumed, Miss
| Kingsley found the traps numerous and
| every kind of obstacle placed in the paths.
| At almost every town the tansWes
| stopped the expedition and wanted 10 eat
| the three Fangwe elephant men as they
We're enemies. Hiss Kingsley mad guar
anteed the elephant men safety, so some
| times by persuasion, sometimes by threats
! of punishment and sometimes Dy d niue
present the men were each time saved.
| Miss Kingsley did not come across the
burial place in the FangWe country, DuI
she found that in most of the native mud
huts pieces of human bodies were being
kept just as civilized people keep eatables
in their larders. on one occasion, Wheh
Miss Kingsley was turning out the con-
tents of a sack to find out the origin or a
sfckening smell, hands, feet, eyes ana
other human remains tumbled out on TO
the ground. The Adjumas, on the oIner
| hand, bury their dead in the forest. rms
was discovered by Miss Kingsley III a
| gruesOme manner. While collectlhB some
botanical specimens she came across sew sew
| eral mounds composed OF earth anu
| leaves. Thinking they were new form
| of anthill,' she removed the upper layers
with her Stick. when the dead bodies OF
| natives came TO view.
Miss Kingsley refused to relate any go
rilla stories, saying that too much DOUBT
| was cast upon all such accounts py the
/ public She saw many large gorlllas, put
! these invariably made off on the approach
of the band. one however, persisted IN
| an attempt to modest them, and was hnal-
| ly dispatched by the elephant men. he
| measured 3 feet inches in hight, TWO or
his teeth are now in Miss kingsley ; pos
| session. 49,, c,,u,
| colony spoke English, not french, OF
| course. in broken style. Owing to tribal
| fighting Miss Kingsley had TO make a ue,
tour and came on the as YET uneHplo l' q y
| Dassed a night on one OF the numerous
I islands in it. AS far as MISS hlngsIey
| could judge, Lake Meow was ABOUT zen zen
| miles wide where she crossed ana ABOUT
| fifteen in the other direction. she also
| crossed the little-known range OF Ihoun-
| tains called Sierra del Crysai* lheSe va
| ried from 5000 to about 5000 feet IN night.
| At the foot of each was mud swamp IN
which the explorers sank nearly up 10
their necks. -. .,,o cahoor
by way of the Rembwe and when she IN
| formed the French authorities ana tIaaeIs
/ of her travels, they were aStOnlsheU mat
she had returned allye: had t tbey Hio,Tld
| probably have prevented the journey. SLe
| had been about two months IN the IN
terror. After this Miss klngSley EXP en-. ~ ~ u
| Corisco Island From NDJole there Is
| stretch of country unknown, TOT oOo Iiilles,
| in the direction of Brazzayille. II is
| French. and French officials nave seVeral
| times gone up the OgoWe 70 hSSP ~
| Communication but in this way many
/ lives have been lost. Miss Kingsley , a.
| count of her subsequent ascent Oh tns
| Cameroons Peak is very lnteresthsi anu
| her visit will be valuable as supplylns
| much information hitherto unoDlallldpie'
! II took her party ten days TO make the
ascent and return, ner d nIS. liver 70 Old
! Calabar. but she was prevented doing tnls
/ by the German governor, VINO sara heI ~ ~
| wonId be too seriously imported. MISS
| Kingsley went, however, 10 VICTORIA -. pl
1 the sea side of the peak, ana began lHe
| ascent She did not keep TO thls sue
| however but went inland TO explore the
| Tt+Ie-lsnown Rumbi range of mountains.
| These mountains We're inhaDlted UP 70
| about 1900 feet and Miss Kingsley Iound
| of 10000 feet she came across the. grea'
| crater Altogether there are ABOUT sew
| enty craters in the Cameroons noun
| tains, and from the largest OF these lhe
| peaix from the sea side shoots up almost
| pperpendicularly. 1t is from the other side
| that the summit of the peak is reached
| Having no tent. Miss Kingsley had to
| sieep on the ground in the open air, and
was frequently drenched by heavy rains
! T'he peak is 1900 feet high. -
| Notwithstanding the hardships that she
/ went through, Miss kingsley enjoyed gooe
| health and was never once attacked with
| fever Her diaries were regularly kept
| and ought to enable her to furnish val
| liable and most interesting volume. MISS
! Kingslev expressed herself as most charm
| ed with the reception and assistance she
| received from the French, German and
ers at all points of her travels. She in
! tends to return to West Africa again in
! a few months to explore others parts
! Miss Kingsley sent home a large number
1 If specimens to DIR. Gunther in advance
| and has also brought a large collection
/ with her.
PORT PARAGRAPHS.