The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03

the, women wrap them around the body
under the arms, leaving their necks !
and shoulders bare They sometimes |
have sash of bark about the waist, |
and when working girl often allows |
| her blanket to fall down to this sash. |
leaving the upper part of her body
nude.
AT such times it is possible to see
the skin decorations which the women |
| here AFFECT as mark of beauty They
scar themselves below the bosom, max
IKE ridges Some Of the women have
| strings Of beads and shells about their
waists, and not few have bracelets |
1 and ank1ets. |
The chief business here is agrlcul
tnre, although some of the people have |
cattle, sheep and goats. | see pea
nuts, indian corn, beans, bananas and
sweet soys potatoes IN the market, and am
nanas. and that this fruit constitutes
the principal article of food. 1t is an |
odd thing that the women here are
are married. Why this is I do not |
know 1t is somewhat like the Gus
tom which prevails among the Brit
lsh East African tribes, where the
married women dare not drink milk.
suppose the men want to monopolize
both
The Town OF Jlngn.
BE- The s aay MAY c{v fGme when there viii
point ohe OF the chief centres of trade |
OF these highlands of Africa. At pres |
ent the population consists of a few
nntd blaek NATIVES dressed in bark
ed huts scattered along the wide
streets laid out by the English. There
are some Hindoo traders and a consid-
cradle market. The government Of
large rectangular stockade There are
no hotels nor other places to stop
at, and shall be on the steamer dur
Entebbe The boats make regular
call on their way to Port Florence,
and the Falls Of the Nile are thus
easily accessible. The country about.
however. is considered unhealthful
and fear to spend much time close
TO the lake on account Of the tsetse
fly, whose sting gives one the sleep
number of people in tho immediate
vicinity.
The Sleeping Sickness.
1 doubt whether many people in our
country have heard Of this terrible
to sleep involuntarily ana he sleeps e
most Of the time. The disease comes
oh slowly and It may last several
years. At first the sleep is only oc-
sleeps all the time and finally dies.
The natives here are more afraid of
it than the smallpox. 1t seems to be
tors SAY that 1t is largely caused
by q little worm or bacillus which is
injected into the blood by the tsetse
fly. This bacillus multiplies rapidly
the system. When 1t reaches the brain
the sleeping symptoms begin.
Until recently the sleeping sickness
was confined to the Valley of the
it has attacked the islands and coast !
of Lake Victoria. and 1t is also found
in some parts Of British East Africa.
The disease is supposed to have been
ry ivory tusks and rubber on their
heads from the Congo to Lake Vic
torla; They bring their, freight to
lake in order that 1t may be sent
across the lake on the steamers to
Port Florence and by railroad down to
OF these native porters were infected
when they came here and, that the
tsetse flies, which are found in great
numbers In tho swampy regions about
them. You know how the yellow fever
Is carried by the stegomya mosquito.
II that mosquito bites yellow fever
yellow fever germs, and It plants them
In any human being 1t may bite there
after 1t Is the Same with tho tsetse
ny. II It has bitten man having
sickness to every Victim whom it bites
In the future, have seen this ny.
It looks somewhat like one OF the
bluebottle variety which we have In
America. and is three times the size
OF our ordinary house ny. It has been
known about Lake Victoria for ages.
but It was not at all dangerous until
here and inocculated 1t. This Is sup
posed to have been Just four years ago.
! Shortly after that time the sickness
/ spread all around the lake, The flies
/ on tho northern islands became infect
ed and tho natives died by the thou
sands. Lake Victoria is full OF islands
which few years ago We're thtckly
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