. 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 . our stay at the factory we severaltimes visited Jadis village, and also interviewed many promi-nent natives, taking every opportunity of checking Okitusstatements and assuring ourselves of their veracity. Oneof the men we questioned was quite a remarkable name was Umbi Enungu, and he boasted that he wasthe oldest living member of the Batetela tribe. What righthe had to make this statement it is, of course, qui
. 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 . our stay at the factory we severaltimes visited Jadis village, and also interviewed many promi-nent natives, taking every opportunity of checking Okitusstatements and assuring ourselves of their veracity. Oneof the men we questioned was quite a remarkable name was Umbi Enungu, and he boasted that he wasthe oldest living member of the Batetela tribe. What righthe had to make this statement it is, of course, quite impos-possible to ascertain, but it is certain that he was very oldindeed, so old that he *could only walk for a very shortdistance without resting, and required assistance whenrising from a sitting position. This latter infirmity turnedout to be rather a good thing for us. We one day playedover to the old man some phonograph records, includinga newly made record in which Jadi had made a few re-marks concerning the history of his people. Umbi Enunguwas deeply interested in the songs to which we treated him,but when he heard the record of Jadis speech his interest. An old-fashioned Batetela hut.
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