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Show Pooplo who Hvo In trees oromploy them as places of rofugo aro apt to bo partlculorly misorablo spooimons of tho human family, for tholr choice of a homo invariably Implies that thoy aro not strong enough to moot tholr onomics on tho lovol. Tho troo village recently dia-oovorcd dia-oovorcd by Sir William MaoGregorin Now Uulnoa is tho most remarkable that has boon roported in along whllo. Somo ways inland ho found a wrotohed, half-starvod half-starvod remnant of tho Voiburl tribo. In ono of tholr settlements all tho villagers vil-lagers llvo in a ainglo onormous troo, on whoso wldo-sprcadlng brinohos four bouses, with two stories oaoh. had constructed. Wido platforms aro built in front of tho housoson whioharo pllos of stonos, kopt to hurl at lntruslvo poisons. poi-sons. This wrotohed pooplo aro in process pro-cess of extermination by a powerful and warllko neighbor. Tho most numorous troo vlllagos that havo boon found aro along tho Dua branch of tho Mangala rlvor, north of tho Congo. Tho oxploror who dlsoovorcd thorn last yoar says tho natives aro tho poorest and most wrotohed Dooplobo has soon in Africa. |