Ten years in Equatoria; . CASATI ILL, OX THE RETURN, DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS. 42 r increasing claims of the vendors, seduced by easy profits on accountof the imperious wants of our column, were obstacles of suchgravity that we should never have been able to triumph over themif the property of the inhabitants of the country had been dulyrespected, and if our arrival at the British Mission had beendelayed. The habit prevailing among the servants and porters of thecaravan of eating raw manioc roots, in spite of the reiterated. P^ jrr^ ~^M^ <^a~ ?mi W^ ??^ DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS. warnings of those
Ten years in Equatoria; . CASATI ILL, OX THE RETURN, DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS. 42 r increasing claims of the vendors, seduced by easy profits on accountof the imperious wants of our column, were obstacles of suchgravity that we should never have been able to triumph over themif the property of the inhabitants of the country had been dulyrespected, and if our arrival at the British Mission had beendelayed. The habit prevailing among the servants and porters of thecaravan of eating raw manioc roots, in spite of the reiterated. P^ jrr^ ~^M^ <^a~ ?mi W^ ??^ DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS. warnings of those who knew the dan-gers of such a practice, had its victims. On the 15th two young fellows, hungryand impatient, ate some roots whichthey had bought, without cooking the night both of them died in^ consequence, after having suffered hor- rible had an Akka with me whom I had taken from Monfuland ; hehad accompanied me in my trips, and when I offered to take himto Zanzibar, followed me more from inveterate custom than fromaffection. His stature was 4 feet 5 inches (lo2 metre), withregular and proportionate limbs ; his skin was of a light browncolour, and covered by soft hair all over his arms and legs. Anintelligent and artful individual, honest and respectful, he was asplendid archer, and was clever in catching butterflies and settingtraps for birds and small animals. Besides these qualities, he had a very jovial temper, and withcomic dances and somersaults, imitating warlike actions, he u
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