Eureka Reporter | 1904-09-09 | Page 7 | Voices of Native Africans

vo ces of native africans the timbre of the voices among cen aral africans Is usually good deep and strong in the men very ous and sweet in the women one notable peculiarity about the people Is the forced key in which they al ways carry on conversation the or binary quiet tones of civilized speech are scarcely ever heard among them they laterally shout and such being their habit it Is a matter of indof terence to them whether the person to whom they are speaking Is close by or twenty yards away they are most tireless chatterers says a trav eler 1 doubt whether any other people in fhe world talk so much or laugh so much their laughter Is barly healthy natural and strained a most exhilarating sound