. 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 . Hi ft • M i ft A B iSl >NGl >-M EN( I \\ ARRII »R. Our < \mi \ i Gandi WITH THE BANKUTU CANNIBALS 119 Our net was a large rectangular one, under which severalpeople could dine, so we spent most of our time beneathit, but the heat at Gandu is usually very great, and atmidday in our mosquito-proof shelter it was well-nighunbearable. Our stay at the fuel-station was not a par-ticularly pleasant one ; but although we h
. 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 . Hi ft • M i ft A B iSl >NGl >-M EN( I \\ ARRII »R. Our < \mi \ i Gandi WITH THE BANKUTU CANNIBALS 119 Our net was a large rectangular one, under which severalpeople could dine, so we spent most of our time beneathit, but the heat at Gandu is usually very great, and atmidday in our mosquito-proof shelter it was well-nighunbearable. Our stay at the fuel-station was not a par-ticularly pleasant one ; but although we had no work toprevent us from brooding over our discomforts, our timewas fully occupied in providing fresh meat for the table,the people of Zappo-Lubumba having declined to sell usany poultry. We depended entirely upon our guns forour food. The fuel-station lies in a little clearing aboutsixty yards square on the left or south bank, of the river,and is surrounded by very dense forest, in which, as I havesaid, are a number of swamps. The river is here abouthalf a mile wide, and in mid-stream there lies an island,half of which is covered with impenetrable forest for themost part under water, while the other half consists of
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