The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-08-12

BlLxINs AFRAID OF cANNIBAIs

BlLKINS AFRAID OF CAlgNIRAlS
The Home of Igaurance and saper~
stitioa-A Great ooanfry Nssar~i-
iy-Almo~s an Isiaad-Cannih~ls
Are ssin Pound In Afrscs-The
"R.cc oac.tioa" . Live One Th>re
The People Wear "siors sr Les
Ciothing'-Rral Sigxer Dsdes--
Products of the Oosatzy.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterpriss.
Il am now In the Dark Continent"
An what a vast country hit Ia
Africa. the home oy Ignorance. or
superstition. an worse than idoli-
try. IL one ov the greatest countries
on earth. In size. at any rate. fer AZ
rica IL az big AZ awi out ov DOORS"
az we boys uster say. They In nc
tellin' how many square miles ov ter
ritory Africa really contains. fer no
one hez taken the trouble ter nnd
out. But hit IL probably larger than
the whole ov Continental Europe.
which includes England. France. Ger
many. Turkey. Spain. Portugal. Italy
and other territory.
Africa must hev a vast popula-
shion. too. But ! hev no idea that
any reliable figures can be obtained.
And hit iz a rich country. though
there air large deserts In various por-
tions ov the country. including the
famous Libian desert. the largest in
the world. probably.
Since the Suez Canal wuE cut Az
| rica is an island. for that country an
Egypt air now entirely surrounded by
water. But az Egypt lies on the AZ
rican side ov the canal, | suppose
that the two countries combined pre-
fer to be called a continent"
Geographically speakin'. Africa lice
near most ov the countries included
In Continental Europe-England.
France. Germany. Spain. Turkey.
Italy, etc. In fact. hit would join
Spain, France. Italy and some ov the
countries included In the Holy
Land" but for the narrow limits ov
the Mediterranean Sea and the Red
Sea, the two bodies ov water stretch
ing out fer many hundreds ov miles
like two giant arms az though they
49, frs "a a hnt tf. y p
rica an Egypt from the balance ov
their nabors.
Onless q man had q regiment ov
soldiers an a campin' outfit he can
not take much ov o tour through At
rica. Hit would be unsafe, on ac-
count .ov wild varmints In the nrst
place, and az lions. tigers. elephants
an hippotami an dozens ov other
things that would rather eat you
than look at you. But one ov the
main objections would be a lack ov
suitable hotel accommodations. In
some portions ov the country. far
from the seashore. you probably
would find nothin' at TO eat In a
weeks travel. On the other hand.
there is a real possibility that the
tcannibals would eat you. for hit IL
fact that a large portion ov the so
ciety folks" In the interior ov Afri-
ca still enjoy eatin' human flesh for
a change, fer they git tired ov ele-
| phant hash, lion steak an tiger soup.
From what kin see an hear the
race question" IL the biggest thing
In Africa. / hev taken some short
trips into the country. an erbout awl
I saw wuz niggers. niggers, niggers!
An they wuz awi wearin' nouruin'.
In Cape Colony. whar they ir few
| white people. most ov them wear
more or less clothing. though. In
many cases. q few yards ov cheap.
coarse cloth IL snnuf ter cloths .
whole family. Back In the country .
little way q piece ov thin cloth not
much larger than towel serves fer
q suit ov clothes fer everyday wear
an fer awl society gatherin's. An
hit looks like hit her bin long tims
sence wash-day. In most cases bam-
boo poles an grass air used 70 build
"houses." IL the little thatched con-
ltraptions can be called houses. The
lumber trust can't do much business
i I'm Africa. An architect would starve
ter death I'm three hours In Africa. 90
would q ciothin' dealer.
| Africa IL divided into q number ov
States or districts. Just when or
how these divisions wuz made, do
not know. an didn't see anybody
In Africa who looked like he could
tell. I guess hit does not matter.
A guide deal ov missionary wurk
In bein' done In Africa at this time.
Just what hit win amount ter IL
more than I can tell fear the
worst an hope fer the best So far
laz I noticed. the niggers In Africa air
not takin' much stock In pollyticks-
This IL well. fer the average white
man does nothin' In q perlitical way
except ter make q fool ov himself
an help bring on panicks an cam
panes. which air erbout the same
when you bile 'em down.
The rivers here afr sed ter be full
ov alligators an another varmint
crodockodile. or somethin' ov thai
sort U never could pronounce ths
iname). Both air very fond ov guide
things ter eat, sich az men. women
an children. Many ov the natives
. air very fond ov guide things. too