The record-union., 1899-01-15

of three months from the neafI OF Al
rica to London, including a trip over
Stanley's route down the Congo to the
west coast. His journey was in one
respect more remarkable than Stanley's S
inasmuch as Mr.. Lloyd travelled quite
alone, so far as Europeans We're con-
cerned, and was accompanied by only
two native servants and a small num-
ber of carriers. Moreover, although he
marched three weeks in the spigmy
Forest and then traversed the whole
length OF the Aruwimi River, the banks
of which are lined with warlike canni-
balls, he never once fired a shot in, self
defense. On the contrary, he was on
cordial terms with both pigmies and
cannibals.
Mr. Lloyd is already coming to be a
celebrity, and has received a number
of lecture offers. Possibly, later on in
the year, after the publication Of a
book based on his experiences, he will
lecture in the United States. His jour-
ney west was along the almost untrod-
den path from Uganda. and was most
hazardous. His own friends tried to
dissuade him, but he persisted, and on
his arrival ct Congo the Belgians could
scarcely believe that he had safely run
the gauntlet of pigmies and cannibals.
On entering the great primeval forest
Mr.. Lloyd went west for five days with
out the sight of a pigmy. Suddenly he
became aware of their presence by
mysterious movement among the trees,
which he at first attributed to the mon
keys. Finally he came to a clearing and
stopped at an Arab village, where he
met a great number of pigmies.
'They told me,'' says Mr.. Lloyd,
that, unknown to me, they had been
watching me for five days, peeping
through the growth of the forest. They
appeared very much frightened, and
even when speaking covered their faces.
I asked a chief to allow me to photo
graph the dwarfs, and he brought a
dozen together. 1 was able to secure
a snapshot, but did not succeed in the
time exposure, as the pigmies would
not stand still. Then I tried to measure
them and found not one over four feet
in hight. All We're fully developed, the
women being somewhat slighter than
the men. was amazed at their sturdi-
ness. The men have long boards,
reaching half way down the chest
They are very timid and will not look
stranger in the face, their beadlike
eyes constantly shifting. They are, it
struck me, fairly Intelligent. I had a
long talk with a chief, who conversed
intelligently about their customs in the
forest and the number of tribesmen
Both men and women, except for tiny
strip of bark, were quite nude. The
men We're armed with poisoned arrows.
The chief told me the tribes were no
fnadic and never slept two nights in
the same place. They just huddled to-
gether in hastily thrown up huts. Mem
ories of a white traveller, Mr. Stanley,
of course, who crossed the forest years
ago, still hnger with them
Mr.. Lloyd then proceeded through the
cannibal countries to the coast. He
found the cannibals warlike and fierce,
but open and straightforward, and had
no difficulty with them. At one place he
put together a bicycle he had with him
and rode about their village. A re-
markable scene followed, thousands of
cannibals, men, women and children.
turning out, dancing and Yelling at
what they described as European
riding a snake