Ten years in Equatoria; . il palm is not abundant in the country, except in theterritory between the Makongo and the Bomokandi, where itflourishes. The forest, which extends over a great part of the country, ismajestic from its many and ancient trees. It is broken here andthere by table-lands with a thiclc vegetation of short grass, and byvillages surrounded by large and flourishing fields. The principal crops are maize, fclahun, a little Indian millet,ground nuts (arachis), beans (plentifully), sweet potatoes, manioc,and sesame. Boats are the means of communication between the banks of theriv
Ten years in Equatoria; . il palm is not abundant in the country, except in theterritory between the Makongo and the Bomokandi, where itflourishes. The forest, which extends over a great part of the country, ismajestic from its many and ancient trees. It is broken here andthere by table-lands with a thiclc vegetation of short grass, and byvillages surrounded by large and flourishing fields. The principal crops are maize, fclahun, a little Indian millet,ground nuts (arachis), beans (plentifully), sweet potatoes, manioc,and sesame. Boats are the means of communication between the banks of theriver Bomokandi; at Bondimano, and at the river Quali, Nekoraand Salinde, for the intercourse with the Monfu. This territoryis inhabited by the Sandeh, a tribe which is destined to spread 140 TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA. over all Central Africa, and which is already in possession of acountry extendiug north-north-east from the Nile-Congo water-shed to the south of the Makua. Amongst the Mambettu tribe,y they are called A SANDEII XEGRO. The Sandeh are mostly of medium height, have a broad forehead,and dark reddish skin. The men wear small plaits of hair hangingfrom the top of the head, some of them are tattooed by incisions,often with dots and dashes, stained black with the juice of dresses cover from their hips down to the knees, and aremade of the bark of trees, pressed and beaten out in imitation ofthe Mambettu, but in a less perfect manner. They adorn theirheads by entwining them with herbs or grass, in the shape of aTflower-pot. Women roll their locks round bunches of false hairand grass, in the form of a crown, which they tie with red bands. THE SANDEH. T41 A red net surrounds their foreliead, and, falling upon the napeof their neck, waves gracefully on the back. C4irls as well as boys are completely naked; attached to a roperound their waist the women wear a narrow cloth fastened to a
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