Show CUSTOMS OF AFRICAN TRIBE traveler tells of people low in the scale of human ty herr eberhard von schlopp ao 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 in 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 offenders guilty or guiltless it guiltless they are set free 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 S mple execute on means be ing thrown to the crocodiles corn 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 the flagor of the meat but because they feel that by eat ng every part cle of an enemy they are subject ng him to the greatest indignity con ceivalle cei vable |