. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . A BANKU I 0 A 1 i \ ill VGE. WITH THE BANKUTU CANNIBALS 133 practically deserted, are neat and very picturesque. Thehouses are rectangular, and are built of the bark of treesneatly fastened to a framework of stakes and thatched withleaves ; next to the pretty decorated houses of the Bushongoof Misumba, the bark huts of the Bankutu are the neatestwe saw during our wanderings in the Kasai. But thepeople them
. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . A BANKU I 0 A 1 i \ ill VGE. WITH THE BANKUTU CANNIBALS 133 practically deserted, are neat and very picturesque. Thehouses are rectangular, and are built of the bark of treesneatly fastened to a framework of stakes and thatched withleaves ; next to the pretty decorated houses of the Bushongoof Misumba, the bark huts of the Bankutu are the neatestwe saw during our wanderings in the Kasai. But thepeople themselves are by no means so prepossessing. Whata contrast they form to the tall dignified Bushongo of theplains to the south of the Sankuru ! Small and very dirtyin appearance, superstitious, timid, and treacherous, theyappear to have been influenced by the oppressive atmosphereand almost ghostly gloom of their native forest. As someplants require the rays of the sun and the fresh air todevelop them, so it appears to be with the negro. TheBushongo of the plains are a fine race of men with a dignityand certain grace of manner which cannot fail to attract theattention of the European who visi
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