The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-05-04
AFRICAN PYGEIES.
LOyDOy EySfECTS SIX SMlLE
LyDITLBTILS IRON TIE con.
90 COENTRT.

Nlea Average -Four Fest Six. and
Women About . cur feet In Height
hithout Religion. ca Naked and
h4VS PSSSliar Customs
LOnd0a toTn 10 very much interest
Cd N SIx snail human beings Who
have recentiy arrived from Africa.
Colonel HarrisOn. an oflcer IN the
British Array. las brought with him
| from the Itud forests % the Belgium
Ceases haif dozen pygmies.
CoiCasl Harrisua W,nt last year
into ne ituTi forest. also known as
Sianlly fJ.cst. hoping 10 capture one
o. more OkapiS This part &C his en-
pc6itlon vas \ failure. On the ether
hand. ke s1cccelCi On living four
u0ntks AMID the pyguies and Per.
suatel four mCn an1 two wozaen q
the tribe 20 accompany him %
Europe
TIE io1g icurney has been aecomp
lishe1 By the six twarfs IN the face
% q thousand dlGscuities Colonel
HarTisoa and his pTUfegcs were DE-
tainei az khartoum and llteT az Cairo
for several weeks. certain English
phiianthrOpie soCi, tics having earnest.
~ opposed thoir CNpatriatioa- Tie CT
plorsF Vas obliged 20 prove 90 The
British GOyernncut that the dwarfs
we're VITA hin Voluntarily.
Tie six pyErliCs were q course duly
ueasuDsd b. tie En-..sh aaihrUpolo-
rists On their arrival ia Lond1a. Their
mean he. sht vas { 81 6 inches fOE
usa and I fcCS tncA for vOncn
The COnso PyEu-igs are very strOng
and also brave without being Esner.
a.'v aggressive. a,;h1u-h Co,Jael Har.
--son TCTuTts that list winter. during
s stay IN the fo- 60 q lJuri. a parry
{ py--lies aitac-ri a Bc.-ian cara
an. killing seventeen C1TrIers and
-'-aieTinE the cn1-A toy are no
ADS. having nsl,--T lells r-r hOlses.
AID 1--we u1ly Cn game ana Wild fruits
TER hCus -hu.I u,r-st.s 7rc limited
Cd q fCw tarlHa .---7-1s. in which
'sCv Cook E4--c ult'H-t taking tho
.-lEhle 20 sl.a it. icy eat the skin
- vel a. the ucat. "a breaking the
5O2Cs viii thsE t.cJh-
Are SOns % Nature.
ThCy va about completely IN
eloSLCl Oaly aElaE the tribes that
I've On TIE C1a-ECs u the forest All
lave rClaliO-s With the O. gnOCs q
grcatCT stature, CO tie wOGsR wear .
sirdle q leay,A
Doth the mcn and vonca shave the
head partially: some cut straight paths
across their woody hair. others dress
q with birds feathers or squirrel
taIla
They have Absolutely no religions IN
stinCts and believe Ia neither Cod nor
devil They Ecacrally practice polyg-
any. AZ With the Chinese. Tire birth
q giri 3 rezlrlci as a calamity
Strunroly Cnou=h. TIE WONG mothers
SonetiDCs steal the uev-iuTu ehildren
q the rcirhhoring tribes % normal
stature. having tsc.- own ha5es IN
exchanges.
last 81 a Great Rsee.
The Pyrri,s Do 10; I've 20 a
great a-e.- sad C1L HarrisIa. life
Ia hari IN tie so:abcr Conro forests:
nature Ia a pitIlCss tasL-masfer 10 tbs
rCunznt q the race that once peoplcd
tie ErC1icr part q africa. The rain
tAat fails In torrsrts fJr si-ht mOaths
transforms the grJund into q E-sEsh
Il uay - .ddcl tat the rv=-ies
are rUtzarkahly inteiiicH NJ. that they
sppsar - have TIE r.ft q lanEnage %
an Incredible deere. that they excel
In the an q extracting iroa from the
ere. q forging "a. and q making arrO~-
heaAs q u U!tSOgt other tools than
r0aaA sfoaeG
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