From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 111. Pygniies from the neighbourhord of 112. Pygmv women. RESEARCH WORK IN MOLUNDU 115 anxiety to keep the ivory and india-rubber trade intheir own hands. In the abandoned Pygmy settlement I could examineat my leisure the peculiar construction of these primitivesemi-circular huts, hidden away in the dark recessesof the forest. (Illus. 109, 110.) Their shape remindedme of the pontoks of the South African tribes :huts barely six feet in height, formed of sticks bent ina semi-ci
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 111. Pygniies from the neighbourhord of 112. Pygmv women. RESEARCH WORK IN MOLUNDU 115 anxiety to keep the ivory and india-rubber trade intheir own hands. In the abandoned Pygmy settlement I could examineat my leisure the peculiar construction of these primitivesemi-circular huts, hidden away in the dark recessesof the forest. (Illus. 109, 110.) Their shape remindedme of the pontoks of the South African tribes :huts barely six feet in height, formed of sticks bent ina semi-circle with both ends sunk in the ground, androofed \\dth large yhrynium leaves. (Illus. 134.) Lateron, when we camped in the forest, my bearers oftenconstructed similar huts in a very short time, affordingan efficient shelter against the inclemencies of theweather. At last, as the water began to dry up, bringing theelephants nearer to the rivers, I received one daythe welcome news that the Pygmies were chieftain of Molundu introduced me to twoEbayeggas; they were certainly short of stature,but in other respects showed few of the characteris
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