Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-08

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paying his hut tax without a muir
muir.
Throughout that rich region,
where the Germans have done little
as yet, Adler says he saw herds OF
as many as 5000 to 5000 cattle, the
property of these two chiefs, that
grazed far and wide under the care
of herders and were driven into
kraals at night to keep them from
beasts Of prey.
Adler prospected all along the
route where the Germans are now
building a good wagon road $50
miles in length to connect Lakes Tan
ganyika and Nyassa. 1t is only
few miles east Of similar road that
the British have long maintained in
their own territory, and the Ger
mans decided that they must have
equally good facilities.
He describes an incident such as
probably has not occurred before in
the experience of the whites In
Africa. When Adler reached the
little station of Kabambare, an iso-
lated post of the Congo State, he
found much excitement over the dis
appearance of a native woman. A
gorilla had appeared on the out
skirts of a native village and, lurk-
ing In the grass, had seized one of
number of women, the wife of a
State soldier, and carried her off into
the forest. Lieutenant Cosmos took
number of men and started in pur-
suit. 1t was believed that the wo-
man would be found alive, but hope
was nearly abandoned when whole
week was spent in alternately los
ing and finding the tracks Of the
animal. He was at length brought
to bay in the depths of the forest
and killed. The woman was with
him and was still alive, though she
died the next day from her long
agony of fright and suffering. She
was able to speak little of the ter
rible story before she died. The
gorilla had fed her as we'll as him
self with the fruits and edible roots
of the forest which he collected.
Adler was in miserable plight
throughout the latter part of his
journey. He and his faithful men
were almost without food for days
at time, and were on the point of
perishing more than once when they
would reach, perhaps, two or three
huts occupied by the poorest of ma
ruhA oil hn mp
ferers to the limit of their ability.
He remained at one place for eight
months, killing game, which he ex-
changed with the natives for vege-
table food.
At one of the white stations he
wrote to the Congo State Govern
ment at Brussels asking permission
to prospect for minerals in parts of
the Katanga mineral regions that |
have not yet been studied. A year
elapsed before he reached place |
where he found that his letter had
been answered. His request had
been Professionally granted and he
had been assigned to one of the
State posts as his headquarters. He
was very weak and ill, however, and
the only hope of life seemed to de-
pend upon his return to Europe. He
was assisted to go home.
Adler says that the finest develop
ment he saw in all his long journey
was at Baudouinville, on the west
shore of Lake Tanganyika, in the |
Nonoo Gtota uyhara Tho Na+hoI{o ,,ofo
sionaries have gathered around
them several thousands of natives
who live in neat houses aligned on
regular streets. Here are primary |
and Industrial schools, many work
shops, cultivated fields, orchards,
herds of cattle, wonderful kitchen
gardens and church that is one of
the finest edifices yet erected by ma
tive labor.