Show LAKE DWELLERS IN AFRICA i rho thousand usand nf of who it ilir itar ar flat on riles 11 in ati fraters much attention recently called to the region around oa on tile gulf of guinea nl ir which plain plat e soa eral hundred of the tile conion warriors of the king kanof of dahomey wore killed in battle by tile french troops ono of the most intonating of till region Is tho the largo vati a es and anti towns that havo been built IQ in the water tho the inhabitants any bolits ago go look took this inears of trying to from tho the terrible rado of the king klug of 0 dahomey many hundreds of were actually driven b the tile powerful kin ginto into tho the water it that the braier superstitious about traveling tir la in or crosell cro crossing selu greime tr eime and ad the fuji fugitives tives took tonk alvan tage ol 01 this fact tu to accuro protection for themselves on any stay good boil mip onn ono may soo tho denham licit near Kot nuon tills ia Is the home of these those like ejk dwellers Tha town towns have hare eath a population of from 00 or SOO souli to ns as many thou lands sands physically tile people me ate tine fine and healthy specimen 0 of f africani Africa till and as a rule they arol am free fr ce from unease gov of lagos says eay tho the houses arc are built upon piles or branches of haid wood three to eix isis inches in diameter ahey 1 I hoy tire driven into tho the of tho the laic tho the up tip per ends tre ire e efured by crom piece pieces on which are laid a bimbow flooring two thirds or ono li lf of which ie Is coi erad in by a hou hoina ic the uprights of the house are 11 ilicia ted first ind secured below the platform plat fonn to tho the sup supporting 9 P piles iles the roof framel 4 next made on tho the platform and anti is covered with grus or bamboo lem isaim ei and raimurd to if its yo position Altion tho portion of flooring is used as a eran I 1 in U tho the construction no n mils aie ate used theeo those duties natives aru are halic and a aleo igo a it pastoral people it is a curlon i fact that they keel cattle in pun pons adjoining their hou bouses tes built on piles oer th tho a water like their dwellings sometimes during the dry tho tile elul lowness loira osa of tho the tv pitr r admits of tho the cattle being allowed to wander on tarra tirma firma but fodder 13 1 brought in cannet to many less fort unito aci nials chith are compelled to eko out their existence IQ in these pens surrounded by water until ouch such time ns they arc ro to cd anil and transported by cadoo lu to tho the batcher butcher the present natives aro are still of the t but c oan an if it tills fe feir ir no longer existed it is probable pro bible able that the habit which they and their before them havo have iong lon followed would le ld them to prefer these C residences it is not knowe how mana man lake dwellers there arc are but itis it is supposed there are at least of them t ent among the ranous tribes hoso huto buts corer cover the dedham nater n ater once in a while these tribes make on one another and they conduct their ir lighting in canoes capable callable of holding t to or three persons and weanona are guas gulls liar and ani clubs iu in other parts of africa pir ji tr ticul arly in the congo basin the habit of dwelling in buts hills sustained ou pim in iti lakes or rivers asvery is very largely til and perhaps a million or twp of tho the people of africa tire hilll bating the phase of lifo lite of which we YC have relics in the ceru tins of the tile like dwellers of the pre em era |