Show CUSTOMS OF AFRICAN TRIBE traveler tells of people low in the scale of humanity herr eberhard Eber bard von schlopp Sch kopp who to hag has explored the interior of the kam aruns district in western africa gives an interesting account of the native tribe called the they are he believes of semitic origin and having lived iti ili the kameruts Kame runs district only about years are called strangers by other natives they gov ern by means of a council of elders whose duty it Is to judge offender offenders guilty or guiltless if guiltless they are set free it if guilty they are put to death this being the only form of punishment known there according to the gravity of the crime the manner of execution varies and may be simple or complicate ed simple execution means be ing thrown to the crocodiles corn com bated execution consists of being fastened to a tree and left to be eaten by casual visitors such as lions and tigers or being tortured until death comes cannibalism Is practiced by the ba kokos not because they especially care tor for the flavor of the meat bu because they feel that by eating every particle of an enemy they are subject ing him to the greatest indignity con cel vable |