The story of Africa and its explorers . o are black, and wander abouttowards the south, raiding the country asfar as the land of the Sulatebele. Thesepeople, however, are quite distinct from theBushmen of the Kalahari, from the pigmiesof the country farther north described by WANDERING TRIBES. M. du Chaillu, and from those near thehead-waters of the Congo and the resfionbetween it and Albert Nyanza, described byMr. Stanley and others some years later (p. 34).The country between Bihe and the Zambesiis inhabited by three distinct races of people,the Kimbandes, the Luchares, and the Am-buellas. A
The story of Africa and its explorers . o are black, and wander abouttowards the south, raiding the country asfar as the land of the Sulatebele. Thesepeople, however, are quite distinct from theBushmen of the Kalahari, from the pigmiesof the country farther north described by WANDERING TRIBES. M. du Chaillu, and from those near thehead-waters of the Congo and the resfionbetween it and Albert Nyanza, described byMr. Stanley and others some years later (p. 34).The country between Bihe and the Zambesiis inhabited by three distinct races of people,the Kimbandes, the Luchares, and the Am-buellas. Another race—the Kibokwes—is nowbeginning to settle there, and there is a inhabited by people of docile character andsusceptible of development. What struckhim very much as regards their capacity fortrade was that these tribes were extremelyfond of dress, a disposition which shouldcertainly not be overlooked by the whitemanufacturer. Indeed, we may considerthat there is here a prospective marketfor the consumption of European MARKET, LESHOMA. ZAMBESI. {From a Photograph taken for the Paris Society for Evangelical Missions.) considerable emigration of these people fromthe north for the purpose of establishingthemselves on the banks of the Kubango andthe Kwando, in their search for lands morefertile than their own. In the course of hisTrib d ^^^^Y travel, Captain Pinto met tbeir large caravans of these emigrants,wan ermgs. ^^^ stayed for some time in theirnew settlements. All of the above-mentioned country hedescribes as splendid and very fertile, and These tribes are governed in a despoticmanner by independent rulers and con-*stitute confederations,, though belonging todifferent races. At the time of whichwe speak the missionaries had not reachedthem, nor had any European beenseen amongst them until Serpa reached^^^^^Pintos arrival. Yet, though he Politicalclaims to be the first visitor, thetraveller met with a cordial eastward, the Liambai—real
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