From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . nce of my dangerous venture, butfrom the villagers I gathered that the worship hadreference to some mysterious deity. For a considerablesum of money I even succeeded in obtaining some ofthe utensils connected with the ceremonial, but I couldnot induce the natives to sell me the carved they were to part with it, they assured me that theSso boys would infallibly die. I went on my waywath my treasures, but Samba could not be inducedto carry any of the Sso utensils. The deeply-ro
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . nce of my dangerous venture, butfrom the villagers I gathered that the worship hadreference to some mysterious deity. For a considerablesum of money I even succeeded in obtaining some ofthe utensils connected with the ceremonial, but I couldnot induce the natives to sell me the carved they were to part with it, they assured me that theSso boys would infallibly die. I went on my waywath my treasures, but Samba could not be inducedto carry any of the Sso utensils. The deeply-rooted superstition of the hunting tribes,of which the Bule is the most important, seem far tosurpass that of the Nyems, Ndzimus, or any otherBantu tribe ; on the other hand, the former possessmany good qualities not to be found among the instance, the agricultural industry of the Rules,and the remarkable cleanliness of their villages, pointto the high grade of culture evinced by the huntingtribes. Moreover, their physical development, togetherwith their whole demeanour, betoken a more civilised. 171. Bule village.
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