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Show A QUEER PEOPLE, .Wrloans Who JJr a.Vry Cloaa liluncq tn tlia Ape. Strango stories am told of tho Dokos, who live among tho moist, worm bom boo woods to tlib south ot Kaffa and Kusn, In Africa. Ouly four feet high, ot a dark oltvo folor, Eavaga and naked, thoy havo neither houses nor temples, neither Oro nor human food. They llvo only on ants, mlco and korponts, diversified hy n few roots and fruits. They let their nails grow long, like talons, tho better to dig for ants, and tho moro easily to top r In pieces their favorlto snakes. Tho Dokos used to bo Invaluable as slaves, and they were taken In largo numbers. Tho Blavo hunters used to I hold up bright-colored clothes a they cuiuo to tho molit, wnrtu uamboo woods, wl.cro theso human monkeys still llvo, aud the poor Dokos could not resist tho uttructloni offered by Mich superior people. Thoy crowded round them and wcro taken in thousands. In Slavery -they wero docile, attached, I obedient, with few wants aud excellent health. .... ... -" r fttttBJSJSJSHSjBjnSHSBJSajBHBJHSMBJtJBJBmn |