The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15


villages and towns. hence the gangs contained
several members OF the same family 10 WORK
fortWo months Inc gangs humoereu usually
ten, ana each had a master u gamer ana
scribe or timskeeper. Ihey were louReu IN
sections III the town ana leu iroui common
store. some IDEA OF the NUMBER Oh men ano
the work oil the commiseariht 10 nHorueu oythe
return Tor one days oaking OF l'oeo IoaVes.
An interesting account ID tnat vi NV "ancers
employed In the temple in the great festivals
many OF tnem wore oyr'ahs anu Nuoiahs' ihe
list OF festivals Is very curious ana among
them are several whlch exist 70 tne present
day Thus' the festiVai OF tne Nen. Oh ne
ce>yinR the river Is the "eh-kno"n festival
OF the cutting oil the uan' eeieo,a.eo 10 'his
day in Cairo on the second or third week IN
August III 10 haro 10 oelle'e tnaV these rec
ords date BACK Tor torty-nVe centuries Ihsy
might De those OF the bRypt Oh 'o-uay. mo
returns OIL tho hatNs relyses anu hh'los
IscribeH for the daily and monthly
work on the oarrage AZ hssouan
hardly diher IN single uetail from
those made Tor the recnmpine WORKS IN the
fayoum IN beEooim' inc puohcnuon VI 'hese
papyri only ahorus announcer proot vi now real
IL inc resurrection U, 'ne out'eu pas. anu no"
vivid ana tuii OF lie Is the picture science can
reconstruct
DIR. w. ]. Ansorgs. medical officer in the
Uganda Protectorate. has Just arrived in
London. after a rapid journey from Uganda
From Fort George. which is at the extreme
northern end OF Lake Albert Edward to
Plymouth England. took Just eleven weeks
and two days. the quickest time on record.
Dr. Ansoree came down the Congo. -Four
days on foot took him to Beni. where he halted
for day.
Then followed nineteen DAYS through the
great forest to Penje, on the Tturi River From
Penje to Banda, on the Congo. took fifteen
days In a canoe After this came eleven days
by steamer and two by train to Matadi, and
thence twenty- three days to Plymouth.
DR.. Ansorge passed through the territory Of
the nov famous plRmles OF whom he says:
THE pirmies inhablt the region between
Port Benz and Ava Kubi and are callad wam-
butt. Some are con .iderably taller than 9TH
ers In fact, any are about the same heiq hit
as the crowds Of I'LL nourished poor whom you
see in tbs East End OF London Some, how
ever, are absurdly short, not much taller
indeed. than an English child OF six or seven.
Some OF them have boards. although did not
And every one OF them with huge long flowing
boards. nor did find them at all shy. which
which was not to be wondered at. seeing
the number OF white officials OF tho
Congo State who are constantly travelling
I'D ard down the route, When / was
there thew came and performed one Of
their curious dances of Olinga and Mchalla
The men were the principal sinRers and tb,
dancers followed each other in a circle mar.
forming one. two. three steps and advancing.
and then one, two. three steps without
advancing. While all this was going on
the women claimed their bands from
time to time, producing a loud. cracking.
wooden noise At Olinea the sound an
reared to be a constant repetition of 'Wo. vo.
wo, We, wa. we and .Yo, yo. yo' At Mohalla
their sonps evidentlv contained word. AS tbe
tune was far from disagreeahle Two OF the
dwarfs could speak a little Kisyahili
They were all very scantiIy eovered
but not one was nude That was +,
great contrast because lover down on the
Congo the woman are absolutelv nok.d
The typical Wambuti has n rsceding
forehead. bushy eyebrows. and thick nouting
Inns Soma bowever bave n totally diYerent
TYNE OF features. a fact which leads ma IN bs.
lieye the different tribes nre now confounded
under the general term q, Wambuti
Several orncinls have assured m. that
thew are cannibaIs bnt Cant Rurrov. who
ba.bs GOOD onnortunitv n, atndving tbam
~ thu kind does take n,ace n voud nntur,lly
ba nr,ctised with rho utrost no.sihI.
sscracv Suob q, tho w.mbrti n. .,w
were p.rfectly friendly, At MohnlIo tbev oave
m. live anteIone as a nre.ent which ,rI,v
iptended ia havs brought homo With mn
for the ZoSlogioal Garden. fopnd bov-
ever that q vas imnosa,b,a IN L..n 4,
alive as both its front Iep. had h..n