The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05
DHARFS IN THE FOREST.
They Never Emerge from the Great solitud,
in Which Lloyd Found Them.

in Which Lloyd Found Them.
The English traveller Alfred B. Lloyd. who
has made the Journey from Victoria Nyanza to
the mouth of the Congo in three months, the
quickest time on record. using the Congo
steamboat service and railroad for two-thirds
Of the way. travelled through the great equa-
torial forest of which Stanley gave so vivid q
description. His route was a little to the south
OF Stanley's road. and he saw much OF the
dwarfs who inhabit the forest region.
Il was three weeks crossing the great for
est" he said. often the darkness even at
midday is remarkable. Sometimes l was un-
able to read at noon. when, as you know. the
sun near the equator is almost directly over
head. One day l tried to photograph my tent.
but failed on account Of tho dimness OF tho
light. i walked throughout the forest journey.
though I had a saddle ass with me. / could
not use him without constantly exposing my
self to tho danger OF being unsaddled by the
vines that hung over tho path. We sometimes
narrowly escaped being killed by the fall OF
enormous trees. some Of whose trunks meas
silence OF death reiRns in this forest unless
broken by animals or the fall of trees"
Mr.. Lloyd found game in abundance. There
and antelopes in the forest. At night he lt
fires to keep animals away, from the camp. He
saw many more dwarfs than Stanley met In
London Daily Nptos:
Il saw a great many Of the pigmies, but.
generally Speaking. they kept out q the way
OF the forest. called Holenga, / STAYED at a vii
lage OF a few huts occupied by so-called Arabs.
There i came upon a great number OF pigmies
who came to see me. They told me that I'M
for five days, peering through the growth Of
the primeyal forest at our caravan. They ap-
sp:ssfn TO o be HsFY th bsiFhft sass4 fn sIs sxon 3, when 1Ei.
village. and in the morning / asked the chief
10 allow me to photograph the dwarts. He
brought ten or fifteen of them together, and
was enabled to secure a snapshot, | couldn't
give q time exposure. as the pigmies would not
Then with great difficulty tried to measure
them, and found not one Of them over four feet
In height. All We're fully. developed. The
women were somewhat slighter than the men,
but were equally well formed.
Il WAS amazed ut their sturdipess. Their
arms and chests were splendidly developed. as
much SO as in n good specimen Of AN English
man. These men have long boards half way
down the chest, which i'm pa rts to them a strange
appearance. They are Very timid. and cannot
look u stranger In the face. Their eyes are
constantly shifting. as in the case of monkeys,
They, are tairly Intelligent.
had 2 fGnE talk with the chief, and he con
Versed ,intelligently about the extent of the for
est and the nun Der Of his tribe Except for n
tiny STRIP Of bark cloth. men and women arc
quite nude. They are armed with BOWS and
arrPws-the latter TIPPED with deadly poison
mHdic, shelteIing at night in small huts two
feet 10 three. feet in height. They never 90
outside the forest. During the whole time
WaH WIN mem they were perfectly friendly.
track. perhaps a couple OF. feet wide. overhune
and crossed by boughs and enormous creepers
but generally speaking it was easier to cut our
way TlGhtthrough the tropical growth"