From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 22. Mangbatu maiden at her THE MANGBETTU COUNTRY 43 and showing his pleasure at meeting his big friend onthe other bank by rubbing his snout against its the mule did not resent, although as a rule it wasill-tempered and given to kicking. But the longjourney was too much for the poor pigs legs, andshortly before his master reached Dungii the dear,faithful creature, which had so often entertained usby liis antics, died of exhaustion. The Mangbettus are famous througho
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 22. Mangbatu maiden at her THE MANGBETTU COUNTRY 43 and showing his pleasure at meeting his big friend onthe other bank by rubbing his snout against its the mule did not resent, although as a rule it wasill-tempered and given to kicking. But the longjourney was too much for the poor pigs legs, andshortly before his master reached Dungii the dear,faithful creature, which had so often entertained usby liis antics, died of exhaustion. The Mangbettus are famous throughout the Congofor their intelligence, their physical beauty, their skillin making all kinds of implements, as well as fortheir wonderfully good taste, and they have attainedin the Congo basin a position similar to that heldby the French in Europe during the seventeenthcentury. Bareau advised me to pay a visit to Sultan Okondo,the greatest of the Mangbettu chiefs, whose residencewas in the neighbourhood of Niangara. Bambili is the largest station on the Uelle, and itwas here that I first made acquaintance with theMangbettus. Amongst a crowd o
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