. Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State . is side are namedWanande, or, as our Batoro people call them, Bakonjo,being like our own mountaineers on the other side ofRuwenzori ; those across the stream, with differentcustoms and a different dialect, are Bambuba. TheBambuba chief, Wangite, is a quaint, sociable character,dropping in upon the European officers at any time,and rattling away in ceaseless chatter as long as he isallowed. One morning at breakfast he came in andkept us laughing incessantly over the droll way inwhich he mimicked the stout ap
. Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State . is side are namedWanande, or, as our Batoro people call them, Bakonjo,being like our own mountaineers on the other side ofRuwenzori ; those across the stream, with differentcustoms and a different dialect, are Bambuba. TheBambuba chief, Wangite, is a quaint, sociable character,dropping in upon the European officers at any time,and rattling away in ceaseless chatter as long as he isallowed. One morning at breakfast he came in andkept us laughing incessantly over the droll way inwhich he mimicked the stout appearance and stalkinggait of a giant Adjutant formerly stationed greatest friendliness evidently exists between himand the two European officers, and he doubtless makeshimself useful to them in keeping his people up to theirwork in the Government plantations and in variousother ways. One afternoon he fetched us across forsome photography amongst his people, and broughtout his wives to display their elaborate ornaments ofheavy brass wire coiled in fold upon fold around their. I
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