Show RICH IRICH I FINDS MADE I N E AS T AFRICA 4 I British Explorer Gets Priceless Priceless Priceless Price Price- less From a I Christian King LONDON Nov Nor 27 John 27 John Roscoe lecturer to Cambridge university for forthe Ithe I the board of ot anthropological studies I and one of or England's greatest ethI ethnologists ethnologists eth eth- I has Just return returned from East Bast Africa where he has be been on a mission mission mis mis- I I sion slon for tor tho the Royal society and the government since since- May of last year I his expedition being financed by Sir Peter McKIe I Mr Roscoe has given to the Dally Daily I Main an account of one of the most marvelous journeys ever eyer undertaken by a man of science He has brought brough I back curious knowledge and specimens beyond even even his own dreams His collection collection collection col col- lection Includes Includes' fifty or so varieties o ot of herbs herb's some some of ot which seemed to to effect miraculous cures many native poisons poisons poisons poi poi- sons great cases full fun of ot implements implements im im- implements and Instruments going back to 2000 B. B C. C and i Innumerable photographs photographs photographs photo photo- graphs of strange and grim ceremonies s some me cannibalistic and many quite unknown unknown unknown un- un un un- known hitherto TRAVELS FAR e i The explorer who traveled many thousands of miles in lit the interior o or n foot and by bicycle using th the native paths found tribes who lived on mil milli milliand and nothing else whatever unless a cow died After they had fed on thai tha thaia a twelve-hour twelve fast was imposed S Sc o vast are their herds erds that a king disposed disposed dis posed of ot as a small one Another tribe lived wholly on bam bar barboo bamboo boo tips and moles In another ti the 0 relatives always ate the dead even t II if f I they died of smallpox but members member s of this tribe which is hardly surprising surprising ing were less healthy than others whose women are ate described as th the e en fattest things ever seen while the me meare men n are thin very athletic and often well wet 1 over six feet in height height One of the cannibals cannibals canni canni- bals hals remarked that Englishmen were e very tough but East Indians nice and tender CHRISTIAN KING The most interesting experience o othe of f the expedition was six weeks spent with the king of He has be become become be- be come a Christian and so felt fet it possible to give Mr all his a priceless collection which throws a an n entirely new light upon ceremonies goIng goIng go go- Ing lag back to 2000 B B. B C. C He also organized or organized organized or- or a pageant of some years years- years years- according to native tradition tradition tradition-of of cere cere- Thousands of ot natives themselves then them selves came came to to see it as a sort of grand gran d finale to ages of accumulated super super- By his knowledge of ot the local language language lan Ian guage gained in earlier visits Mr Roscoe Roscoe Ros Ros- coe who was alone became familiar with with many present beliefs and cus cus- toms For example In one tribe girl girls are at birth and married a at t te 12 or 14 H. If It they are unchaste gofer before e marriage they are killed In a neighboring neighboring neighboring neigh neigh- boring tribe girls may do as they wi will until after aCter marriage Many m most st elaborate elaborate elaborate orate laws of ot marriage morality dl dl- dl vorce and land tenure have been re revealed re- re in the course of the journey The discoveries include valuable commercial commercial com com- mercial information For example M Mr Roscoe found graphite of high quality in the native communities communities' He sa says s 's he has material for tor five e es years' years work at six hours a day HI His s herbs and poisons are being tested am an and d analyzed by Edinburgh university an anby anby and d by Burroughs Wellcome Co A dozen doz dos en n cases of ethnological specimens ar are e going to the Rivers Pitt-Rivers museum a at t Oxford i I I e 3 I I 1 The journey started at and the most dangerous and difficult part as well as that which yielded I I the richest results was west and north I of Victoria Nyanza N and In the triangle i between the three great lakes I |