. 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 . The gambling. UP THE KWILU RIVER 257 engaged a few servants locally, and enlisted some of thenorthern Bambala who came on by the steamer from Luanoto volunteer for service with us. As I shall have to saysomething of our men and their behaviour during ourjourney from the Loange to the Kasai, I may here givesome description of the people who constituted ourparty. My little Baluba boy, Sam, had now bec
. 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 . The gambling. UP THE KWILU RIVER 257 engaged a few servants locally, and enlisted some of thenorthern Bambala who came on by the steamer from Luanoto volunteer for service with us. As I shall have to saysomething of our men and their behaviour during ourjourney from the Loange to the Kasai, I may here givesome description of the people who constituted ourparty. My little Baluba boy, Sam, had now become the major-domo of our servants, and since the departure of Joneshe had been the only native regularly in our employ withthe exception of our cook. Our cook, Luchima, who hadserved us faithfully and well during the whole of ourjourney up to this time, was taken so ill at Kikwit thatit became apparent that he would be quite unfit for thehard work of marching by day and attending to his otherduties in the evenings for many months to come. Wetherefore determined that he should return by steamer toDima, and thence be conveyed to his home at Batempa,and arranged for another cook to be se
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