. 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 . Our loads in a forest The dogs with which iiii. Olemba buy wives. THE PEOPLES OF THE GREAT FOREST 163 derive from an alliance with so distinguished a family as hisown, and demands an exorbitant sum for the hand of hisdaughter. The bridegroom then, in a most ungallantmanner, proceeds to call attention to all the demerits of hisloved one and to offer as niggardly a price as possible. Asthe discussion proceeds
. 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 . Our loads in a forest The dogs with which iiii. Olemba buy wives. THE PEOPLES OF THE GREAT FOREST 163 derive from an alliance with so distinguished a family as hisown, and demands an exorbitant sum for the hand of hisdaughter. The bridegroom then, in a most ungallantmanner, proceeds to call attention to all the demerits of hisloved one and to offer as niggardly a price as possible. Asthe discussion proceeds, however, the offer is increased crossby cross, fowl by fowl, and dog by dog, until at last aboutthe amount mentioned has been reached, when the deal isconcluded. During our subsequent journey in the forest wenoticed that some of our Olemba porters were always tryingto buy dogs in the villages we passed through, and a few ofthem came back to Lodja leading two or three of theseanimals by strings; these gentlemen were contemplatingmatrimony. We became acquainted with the principalfetish-man of Oyumba, and we saw him perform a conjuringtrick which would be quite sufficient to endow him withsupernatu
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