. From the Niger to the Nile . ^m^W W MW-. t-1 p o WITH THE SURVEY PARTY 75 tribes, who live at the foot of the Murchison Range. Theyare quite uncivihsed pagan cannibals. Some of the Yergum,whose land stretches almost to Waso, show traces of civilisa-tion, but there is httle doubt that the greater part of eventhese are cannibals whenever the chance occurs. The Gurkaua live among the hills which bear their name,and the Montoil in curious groups of hamlets scatteredround the foot of Mount Madong. The Yergum dwell tothe extreme east, some at the foot, and some high up on theRange. The two latter
. From the Niger to the Nile . ^m^W W MW-. t-1 p o WITH THE SURVEY PARTY 75 tribes, who live at the foot of the Murchison Range. Theyare quite uncivihsed pagan cannibals. Some of the Yergum,whose land stretches almost to Waso, show traces of civilisa-tion, but there is httle doubt that the greater part of eventhese are cannibals whenever the chance occurs. The Gurkaua live among the hills which bear their name,and the Montoil in curious groups of hamlets scatteredround the foot of Mount Madong. The Yergum dwell tothe extreme east, some at the foot, and some high up on theRange. The two latter tribes live, as a general rule, in setsof hamlets, a typical one of which would consist on anaverage of about sixteen circular mud huts, each about 6 with a thatched roof and perhaps half the number ofsimilar smaller huts used as granaries. The huts of a hamletare all more or less joined together and closely surroundedby a stockade. Five to twenty of these hamlets scatteredover about half a square mile would form one village. Mos
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