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Show 7.AIT8 OF AFRICAN PYQMIE3. Explorers Tell of Peculiarities of Queer Race of People. Pygmies nro climbers par excellence. excel-lence. Tlio pygmy alwuys gots up a tree somehow. If thero arov conven-I conven-I jut vines he uses them, his big toes serving ns thumbs; it thero nro no vines nnd the tree bo thin, ha grasps It with his hands and walks up; If the tree bo thick ho grips with his legs nnd nimbly works his way to tho top. The pygmy Is n prayerful little man. During a thunder storm ho may bo heard imploring God to disperse It; but If tho Btorm only continues in violence vio-lence he changes his entreaty to beg protection from violence. MaJ. Powell-Cotton's gunbearor saw a group of pygmies in tho forest seated In a wldo soml-clrclo, tho men wearing their okapl belts and tho women their beads and all their finery. They wero busily cntlng round a table in tho center. cen-ter. Each pygmy carefully placed a llttlo packet of his particular provision provi-sion on the tablo, which was soon laden with a Biipply of bananas, honey, and sweet potatoes. Tho pygmy teachor's explanation was that thoy wore changing camp and by this ceremonial cere-monial feast, Invoked tho supremo spirit to give them good luck In their now hunting grounds. |
