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Show PYGMIES OF CENTRAL AFRICA.! j Remar' .ble Race of 8avage Told of by Travelers. Tho pygmlPH of Central Africa really exist, thoush many people, In spite ot recent discoveries, still believe be-lieve thnt those dwarfs only llvo In tho land of fable. Their homo Is In a vlllago called Ndombo. They number num-ber nbout five thousand and inhnblt huts like beehives with an entrnnco nt tho bottom. Curiously enough, their king la not a dwarf, but a giant, measuring meas-uring six feet six Inches in height and with a proportionate breadth. Tho pygmies llvo entlroly by hunting, for which thoy use a bow and poisoned arrows. Mr. Samuel Vomer, who probably known moro ubout thom than any ono elso. speaks of their surprising surpris-ing skill with their weapons, having soon ono shoot a running rat at a dlstanco of twenty yards. Thoy aro so strong nnd active that fifty miles Is an avorago day's march Jor them, und their senses aro so keon thnt thoy can compcto with, their own dogs in this respect. |