ID. DU CHAILLU IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. A Journey to AnlinriKO-I.nnd: And Knrthnr lnitrft llun Irilo KiiiilorlM Africa. Hv Fun I It. )n Clmillu, Authored "Kxpluratluim lu Kiiatortal Africa." The position of an explorer of unknown co m trlcs iu Knglaud Is peculiur and very difficult. , II he returns borne with nothing new or strlkiug to relate, lie is votctl a bore, and his book has no chance of being read; If lie has otno won der to unfold, connected with Geography, tlie Natives, or Natural History, tho fate of Abvs ynian Bruce too often awaits him; his narra- ttve beinir held up to scorn aud ridicule, ai a ' tissue of figments. "It was uiy lot, on the publication of my first volume o( travels In tquatorial Africa,. to meet with a reception ot that Hort from many persons in Knlurir and Germany. In fact, I had visited country previously unexplored by Europeans the wooded region bordering the Kquator, in the interior of Western Africa and thus it win my good fortune to observe the habits of several remarkable species of annuals found nowhere ele. Hence my narrative, describing- unknown animals, was condemned. The novelty of the subject wan too striking for some of my critics; aud not only were the accounts I Rave of the animal and .native tribes stigmatized as false, but my journey into thu interior ltsolf wus pro nounced a fiction. " AllhouKh hurt to the quick by these unfair and ungenerous criticisms, I cherished no malice towards my detractors, for I knew the time would couie vvbeu the truth ol nil mat was essential in the statements which had been dis puted would be made clear ; 1 wan consoled, besides, by the support of many eminent men, Mho refused to believe that tny narrative and observation were deliberate falsehoods. Mak ing no pretension to infallibility, any more tliau other travellers, I was ready to acknow ledge auy mistake that I might have lalleu into, in the course ol compiling my book from m.y rough notes. The only revenue I cherished wuh that of better preparing myself lor another jouruey into the same region, providing myself with instruments and apparatus which I did not possess ou my first exploration, and thus being enabled to vindicate my former accounts by tacts not to be controverted. "it 1b necessary, however, to inform my English readers that most of the principal state ments in my loimer book which were sneered at by Iny critics, have been already amply con tinued by other travellers iu the same part of Africa, or by evidence which has reached Kngland." 11. Du Chaillu'e present volume Is an Itinerary of some three hundred miles in au easterly direction from the mouth ol the river Ferii'inl Vaz, situated about three minutes to the south t the equator. The objects of his lourney, although hto record of it does not partake of a strictly technical character in auy respect whatever, were scientific. He took great pains, before starting on his expedition, to acquire that special knowledge aud that mastery over instruments philosophical aud artistic, which fhhould give his researches the value of great in telligence and absolute trustworthiness. Weave treated to a little botauy, a little geology, a little mythology, meteorology, and astronomy, and to a little more still of geography, zoology, aud ethnology. But about his principal objects iu the Journey, of which the volume before in is the chroQicle, the traveller may be allowed to ftpeak lor himself: "The principal obicct I bad in view in my last journey, was to make known with more accu racy than I had been nble to do in my former one, tho geographical leatures of the couutry, believing1 tuis to be the first duty of a traveller in exploring. new reglous. To enable mo to do this I went through a course of instruction in ' the use of instruments, to enable me to tlx posi tions by astronomical observations and compass beariugs, aud to ascertain the altitudes of places. I learnt also how to compute my observations, and test myselt their correctness. Itis (brothers to judge of the results ot my endeavors in this important department ot a traveller's work; I cau only say thaf 1 labored bird to make my work as accuratei as possible, and although I was compelled, much to my sorrow, to abandon phototrrupuy und meteorological observations, through tho loss of my 'apparatus and instru ments, I wus fortunately able to continue astro nomical observations uearly to the end ot my route." M. Du Cbaillu's adventure terminated ab ruptly iu a disappointment and in a retreat, which, mutatis mutandis, we could not help, in its earlier Binges, comparing wall that which t he immortal Ten Thousand accomplished under i the leadership ol Xenophon, the general and historian of the diilicult aud dreary inarch to the seaboard ol tho huxine. Our traveller set out to pierce the continent of Africa, and he retired bullied, yet with honor, alter he had done little more than, so to say, scratch the tkiu. inspired, at the beginuiug, with tue lolly ambition of reaching the Mle by au approach Irom the west, he hoped to float down to the Mediterranean on the bosom ol the ' sacred aud yet almost inviolable river. Having eulisted the services ot a small num ber ot romml rueu as body-guard, who were tired by the thought that they were marching on London, he und his escort were passed on ' lroin one tube to another, who furm.-ue l him with guides and porters, uuttl the accident. il discharge of a gun by one of hUsworu au i faithful' heuchmeu forced hitu to a retro.rr.ile jouruey, wheu he had penetrated no furcaer thau "Mouaou-Keinbo, iu the laud of the . .Ashangos. The great bugbear of human life in Africa, the great thoru iu the desk of the waymrer who would sojourn in the tents of Ham, is the accursed aud ouiuipresekt fetishism, and the everlasting dread of witchcratt. The fears raised by these superstitions not to mention that aiteuipest ot small-pox swept oti' scores of victuns ut various places of M. Du Chtillu's route, much to that good geutleaiau's disad vantage licquently became a raging nuisance. Wheu a village came iu sight there was need ,of no little diplomacy to accomplish the entry, . 'and to gain the good-will of the panic-stricken people. This was, however, generally changed, before long, into a feeling of hospitality, and of ctcsiro to trade, as ardent as the previous re pugnance to iuier-coiumuuication. The char acter that our author presently achieved lor being a spirit, and iuvu'uerable, valuable as it "was lu many respects as an clemeut of his Httfety, had its drawbacks, in adding to the. dlt licufty of bis lirMt approaches to familiarity. Whou thievish porters returned to their native villages to die ol the arsenic which they had wisely mingled with the salt, after having stolen tooth from the stoics of the traveller, it was only certilied the more that 'Chaillu" had ioiiowuu lui-iu w uieir nonius wuii ino vengeance of his dreadlul spe-lln, with thelutal imputations ot his aimieuty wncucrait. At one Mime ot his difficult progress, he ben an, indeed, "to dread the sirjht ot au inhabited place. Hither tlicj panic-stricken people," tie say, "ily from ine, or remain to bore mo with their insatiable curi. osity, fickleness, greediness, aud intolerable din. Nevertheless, 1 am obliged to do all 1 can think of to conciliate them, for I cannot do wltiiout them It being impossible to travel without guides through this wilderness Of forests, where the paths nre so Intricate." Bo things went on until, alter more than eight months' travelling, M. Du Cbuillu had succeeded in penetrating uearly three hundred miles Into the country, und halted at Mouaou-Kombo, in Asbango-laud. Here it was that, the accidental discharge, ot a gun in the hand of one of his fol lowers was the sudden collapoof the expedition. A man was killed; but he, wretched kern that he was, might have been paid for In beads. The negotiation, indeed, was being ' already carried on amicably, wheu it was unfortunately discovered that tue head wife ot the hitherto placable ehiot hadalso been elaln. The insatiable bullet had peno ' tratcd the hut in which tho wives ana other do , ' jnestieltiei of the (Treat man were sheltered. The explorer had now nothing to look to but retreat, nd no oue to depend on but the intrepid ttnmi men, who bad attended him so far from ' thtr homes aa African savages seldom have the , pluck, or the enterprise willingly to wander. The hole band was now too small to carry off ... ., the gmds, specimen, and photographic appa jratus aul drawings. Mspft, observations, ruins, all bad U be thrown aside Into the bush iu the pcamper for life, out of the range ol the poisoned arrows lUut harassed their retreating body. A ' THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, few well dlrecte.1 shots, and a courageous stand, at length caused the discomfiture of the pur suers but not before M. Du Chaillu had been wouu'led In tho side, aud Igalu, the unlucky cause ot all the disaster, but, our traveller's stsunchest and moat Intrepid irlend, had been wounded in the leg.- Happily, all reached the coast. In llio and health, In September; and M. Du Chaillu embarked lor England, where, in classic Twickenham, he tins spent the interven ing months in elaborating tho volume which has already given entertainment to thousands, and brought its author Into hot water and dis putation with his old critic, Mr. (Jray, of the ltrlttsti Museum, about, intr a'in, an elegant animal which, for Its Bins, or lor some other peculiarity, has been eutitled I'otamocale Velox. Persons who have dropped a tear at tho un timelyiateol tliccbimpaiizeeattheCrystal l'ahice will bp graltlipd with the following information about the early history of Master Thomas. In a nolo at trie end of tho chapter in which the the following paragraphs occur, M. Du Chaillu pathetically inloims us that "the. tire at the Crystal Palace, to which my unfortunate pet fell a sacrifice, occurred whilst these sheets were parsing through the press." "Ou the 1st ol November a negro from a neigh boring villains brought me a young mole chim panzee about three, years old, which hud been caught in the woods' on the banks of the Npou lounay uliout three months previously. Thomas, for so 1 christened mv little protnjc, was a tricky little rascal, und allordcd me no end of amuse ment; he was, however, very tame, like all young chimpanzees. Unfortunately Thomas was lame in one hand, several of the fingers having been broken, and healed up in a distorted posi tion. This wus caused by his haviug been mal treated by the vilhtge dogs, who were sent in chase of him oue day, when he escaped from his captors and ran Into the npighboring woods. I hud Tom tied by a cord to a po.ein the verandah ol my hut, and led him with cooked plantains and oilier tood from my own table. He soon got to pieter cooked to raw food, and rejected raw plantains whenever they were oil'ered to him. The (iillcrenco in taniubility between the young chimpanzee and the yotfng gorilla Is a fact winch 1 have confirmed by numerous observa tions, and I must repeat It here, as it was one of those poiuts w hich were disputed In my former work. A young chimpanzee becomes tame and apparently reconciled to captivity In two or three days litter he is brought Irom the woods. The joung gorilla I have never yet seen tame in confinement, although I have had lour ot them in custody, while still of a very early age. "One day 1 witnessed an act of Master Thomas which eceiucd to me to illustrate the habits of his species in the wild slate. A few days after he came into my possession 1 bought a domestic cat lor mv house: as soon as tho vounir chim panzee saw it he Hew in alarm toliis pole and clambered up it, tho hair of Lis body becoming erect, ami ni9 eyes bright with excitement, in a moment recovering bimscit bo came down. und rushing on the cat. with one of his feet seized the nape of the nnimal. nnd with the other pressed ou its back, as it trying to break its neck. Not wishing to low;' my cut, I in terfered and saved its life. The uecroes sav that the chimpan.ce uttacks the leopard in this way, and l have uo doubt, irom what I saw, that their statement is correct. "My pet preserved hia good health and In- crcaed in intelligence 'and gentleness until the departure of Captain Vardon for England. 1 theu scut hiui , home, and on his on mil , he was deposited by my iriend In the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, where, 1 dare say, very many of my readers have seen him, and have laughed at his amusing tricks. I , an credibly informed that his education at the Palace has become so far advanced that he un derstands what is going on when his own 'cartes de visite' are sold. A feint is sometimes made of carrying oil' one without paying tor it, but Thomas rushes torward, acreaniiug, to the length of his tether, to prevent the irregular trausuction, und does not cease nis noisy ex pressions ot disuuslactiou until the money is paid down." Krom tho chimpanzee to the gorilla ought not to be a very unnatural trausltion: "1 had iiot been at the village lone before news came that gorillas had been recently seen in the neighborhood of a plantation only half a mile distant. Karly iu the nioruiug of the 2')th of Jin. e I wended my way thiiher, accompanied by one of my boys, named Odanga. ' Tho plan tation was a large one, and situated on very biokcn ground, surrounded by the virgin forest, it was a lovely morning; the sky was almost cloudless, nnd all around was still us death, ex cept the slight rustling of the tree-lops moved by the gentle land breeze. When I reached the place, 1 had tirst to pick my way through tho maze of tree-stumps nnd bait-burnt logs by the side of a held of casBHdu. I was going quietly along the border ot this, when I heard, iu the erove of phiintain-trees towards which 1 was walking, a gical crashing noise, like t he breuking ol trees. 1 immediately hid myself bebiud a bush, and was soon gratitied with the sight of a Ictuale goiilla; but before I had time to uotice its movements, a second and third emerged from the masses of colossal foliaga; at hug' h no less thau lour came into view. , "They were ull busily engaged iu tearing down the larger trees. One oi the femules had a young oue following her. I had an excellent opportunity of watching the movements of this impish-looking baud. 'The shaggy hides, the I rotubcraut abdomens, the hideous features of these strange creatures, whose forms so nearly resemble man, made up a picture like " a vision like some morbid dream, lu destroying a tree, they first grasped the base of the stem with one of their lcet, and then with their powerful arms pulled it dowu, a matter of not much difficulty with so loosely formed a stem as that of the plan tain. They thpn eet upou the juicy heart ol the tree at the bases of the leaves, and devoured it with gieat voracity. While eating they made a kinJ oi clucking noise, expressive of content ment. Many tices they destroyed apparently out of pure mischief. Now and then they stood still and looked urouud. Once or twice they seemed on the point of starting off in iilurni. but recovered themselves aud continued their work. (iraduully they got nearer to the edge of the dark forest, and finally disappeared. 1 was sointenton watch ing them, that 1 let go the last chance of shoot ing one almost before 1 became aware ol it. "The next day 1 went again with Oduiigii to the same spot. 1 had no expectation of seeing gorillas in the same plantation, aud was, carry ing a light shot gun. having given my heavy double-hut relied ride to the boy to carry. The plantation extended over two hills, with a deep hollow between, planted with sugar cane, lle lore 1 had crossed the hollow 1 saw on the op posite slope a monstrous gorilla, standing erect und looking diru tly towards me. Without turnii.g niy face 1 beckoned to the boy to bring me my riUe, l)Ht no rille came the littlu coward hail bolted, and 1 had lost mv chance. The huge bea.it stared ut ine for about two minutes, and then, without uttering any cry, moved olf to the shade of the lorest, running nimbly ou his hands and feet. "A my readers may easily imagine, 1 had excellent opportunity ol observing, during these two days, the murmur iu which the gorillus walked when in open ground. They move along with prcut rapidity and on ail tours, thut In, with the knuckles of their hands touching the ground. Artists, in repro fieutiug the gorilla ' walking, generally make the arms too much bowed outwards, and the elbows too much boot; this glvos the figures an appeiuanco ol heaviness und awkwardness. When the gorillas that I watched lelt the plautuiu-tiees, they moved olf ut a great paco over the mound, wild their arms extended Btralght forwards towards the ground, und niovn g rapidly. I mav mention also thut, hav ing now opened the stomachs of several freshly killed gorillas, I have never lound anything but vegetable matter iu them. 1 "When 1 returned to Nkongon Mbounda I iouud there my old friend Akondogos, chier of one of the Comml villages, who had lust re turned from the Ngobl country a little further south. Toraygruat surprise and pleasure, ho had brought for me a living goiillu, a yomiK one, but the largest I had ever oeu captured alive. Like Joe, the young male whoso habits in confinement I described in 'Equatorial Africa,' this one showed the most vloleut and ungovernable disposition, lie tried td bite every one who came near him, and was oblirtcd to be secured by a forked stick closely applied to the back of his neck. This mode or Imprisoning these animals Is a very proper one it the object be to keep them alive and to tame them, but. unfortunately, In ' this barbarous country, we had not the materials requisite to build a strong cnge. The Injury caused to this one by the forked slick eventually cauied lm death. As I had some more hunting to do, I lelt the animal in chaige of Akondoeo until he should have an opportunity of sending it to me on the Fernand Vaz." "The natives ot all the neighboring country were now so well aware that 1 wanted live gorillas, and was willing to give a high price for them, that many were stimulated to search with great perseverance : the good eifects of this were eoon made evident. "One day, as 1 was quietly dining with Cap tain Holder, of the Cambria (a vessel just arrived from Knclaud), one of my men came In with the startling news that three live gorillas had been brought, one of tliem lull grown. 1 bad not long to wait ; in they came. First, a very largo adult female, bound hand and foot ; then her iemule child, screaming terribly ; and lastly, a vigorous young male, also tightly bound. The female bad been Ingeniously secured by the negroes to a strong stick, tho wrists bound to the upper part and the ankles to the lower, so that she could not reach to tear the cords with her teeth. It was dark, and tho scene was one so wild and strange that I shall never forget It. The fiendish countenances of the Cnlibanish trio one of them distorted by pain, lor tho mother gorilla was severely wounded were lit up by the ruddy glare of na tive torches. The thought struck me, what would 1 not give to have the group in London for a few days! "The young male I secured by a chain which I had in readiness, and gave him henceforth the name of Tom. We untied his hands and feet ; to show his gratitude for this act of kindness he immediately made a rush at me, screaming with all his might; happily the chain was made fast, and I took cure atterwards to keep out of his way. The old mother gorilla was iu an un lortunate plight. 8hc had an arm broken and a wound in the chest, besides being dreadfully beaten on the head. She groaned arid roared many times during the night, probably Irom pain. "I noticed next day, and on many occasions, that the vicorous young male, whenever he made a rush at any one and missed" hi9 aim, Im mediately ran back. This correspouds with what is known of the habits of the large males in their native woods; when attacked they make ivlunous rush at their enemy, break an arm or tear bis bowels open, and then beat a retreat, leaving their victim to sbilt for himself. "The wounded female died in the course of the next day; her meanings were more frequent iu the nioining, nnd they gradually grew weaker as her hie ebbed out. Her death was like that of a human being, and aflllcted me more than I could have thought possible. Her child clung to her to the lust, and tried to obtain milk from her breast alter she was dead. I photographed thoni both wheu the young one was resting In Its dead mother's lap. 1 kept tho young one alive lor three days after its mo ther's death. It moaned at night most piteously. I led it on goal's milk, for it was too young to cat berries. It died tho fourth day, having taken an unconquerable dislike to the milk. It had, 1 think, hi gun to know me a little. As to the mule, I made nt least a dozen attempts to photograph the Irascible little demon, but all in vain. The pointing of the camera towards him threw him into a perfect rage, and I was almost provoked to give him a souud thrashing. The day alter, however. 1 succeeded with him, tak ing two views, not very perfect, but sufficient tor my object. "Having improved my acquaintance, on the present journey, with several ot the native lan gnaees, 1 was able to note down almost every story 1 heard, and thus accumulated a largo collection of them. Tho following legend, con nected probably with some natural phenomenon in one of the neighboring rivers, is a sample of these African stories: "AtunguluShimba was a king who attained the chief authority in his village by right of succession, and .built eight new houses. Hut Atungulu had sworn that whosoever should quarrel with him he would eat him. Aud so it really happened until finally, after eating bis enemies one alter the other, he was lelt alone in his dominions, and he theu married the beau tiful AronUo-ieuu, daughter of a neighboring King. "H wus Atungulu's habit, alter his murriage, to go daily into tho forest to trap wild auiinuls with the Ashinga net, leaving his wife alone iu the village. One duy Njali, the eldest brother of Aroiulo-ienu for Couianibio fKing of the Air), their lather, had three sons came to take back his sister out of the clutches ot Atungulu Shiniba; but the King arrived unexpectedly, and ate him up. Next, came the second brother, and he was also eaten. At last came Hemugii, the third brother, and there was a great tight between him and Atungulu, which lusted irom sunrise till midday, when Keninira was over powered and cuteu like his two brothers belorc him. "Kciiingn, however, had u powerful fetish on him, and came out of Atungulu alive. The King, on seeing him, exclaimed, 'How have you contrived this, to come hack?' lie theu smeared him aud Aroudo-ieuu with alunihi chalk, and putting his hands together, blew a loud whistle, saying afterwards, 'Keuinga, take back your sister.' He then went and threw himself into the water, to drown himself, through grief lor the ioss of his wife. "Before dying, Atungulu Shimba declared that if Aroudo-ieuu ever married again, she would die; and the prophecy came true, for she married another man uud died soou otter. Her brother Keninga, thereupon, through sorrow for the loss of his sister, threw himself inio the water lu the place where Atungulu di.d, uud was drowned. "At the fcpot wheie Atungulu Shimba died, a Htnmger sees, when he looks iuto the deep water, the bodies of the king and Aioiido-ienu side by side, aud the uails of ins beuutlful wife all glittering like looking-glasses. From that time, water has obtained the property ol rellcet ing objects, und has ever since been called by the name of Arondo-ieuu, ami people have been able lo see their own linages rellectcd on its surface, on account ol the transpareucy given to it by the bright nails of Arondo-ienu." Medicine does not nppcur to have attained to any degree of culuvOlion or practice aiuontist the natives ol Equatorial Africa. Thus, iu. iu Chaillu: 'On the 22d of April I saw a curious example of the surgical practice of the Oiando people. In the stillness of the uftenioon, when the heat of the verticul sun compels every one to repose, J was started uy loud screams, us thougu some uniortuniile being was being led to death lor witchcralt. Ou going to the place, 1 Iouud a helpless woman, who was afllicted with leprosy, and sull'eiing, besides, under uu attack ol lum bago, uudcigolug an operation for the lauer dlseasp al Ihe hends of the Otuudo doctor and his iissislunts. They had madu a number of fcmull incisions in the back of the poor creature with a sharp-pointed knife of the country, aud were rubbing into tho gashes a great quantity ot lime-juice mixed with pounded cayenne pep per. The doctor was rubbing the unletting mixture into the, wounds wuh ull his might, so thut it was uo wonder that the pour creature was screaming wilh pain, and rolling herself ou the ground. Jt is wonderful to observe thti laith all these negroes have in lime-juice mixed with cayeuno pepper. They use H not only as au embrocation, but also internally for dysentery, aud have olten seen theiu drink as much us halt a tumblerful of It in such cases. Tho pepper itself 1 believe to be a very use'ul medi cine in this climate, for 1 have often found benefit Irom It when unwell and feverish, by :.u!f.ttn. l,muiuul Humility lu my food. Whilst J am on the subject ol naiive doctor ing, 1 must relate what I saw afterwards iu the course of Mayolo's illness. I knew the old chlel bud been regularly attended by a Iemule doctor, and olten woudeiud whut she, did to him. At " ' looming i happened to go Into his house when shoNyus administering her cures, and remained an interested spectator to watch her operations. Mayolo was seated on a mat, submitting to all that was done with the utmost gravity and patience, before him was exteuded tho ekiu ot a wild animal lUeuoiia), The wouiau was engaged In rubbing his body all over with i tier nanus, muttering au the while, in a low voice, words which I could not understand. Having continued this wholesome friction for ome time, ehe took a picco of alumbi chalk and made with it a broad stripe along the middle of his chest and down each arm. This done, she chewed a quantity of some kind ot roots and seeds, and having charged her mouth well sanva, spai upon mm in diffcrpnt places, but aimme her heaviest shots at tho parts most allected. Finally, she took a bunch ot a par ticular kind ot grass, which had been gathered when in bloom anu was now dry, and, lighting it. touched with the llame the body ot her na- tieut in various places, beginning at the loot and gradually ascending to the head. I could perceive that Majolo smarted with Hip paiu of the bums, when the torch remained too long. When the flame was extinguished the woman applied the burnt end ot tho torch to her patient's body, and bo the operations ended. "It seemed to me that there was some super stition ot deep significance connected with the application ol fire in these Otando cures. They appeared to have great faith In the virtues of fire, and this is perhaps not lar removed from fire-worship. I asked the old woman why she used this kind ol remedy, and what power Bho attributed to lire; but her only answer was that it prevented the illness with which Majolo had been alllictcd coming again. The femalu doc tor, I need scarcely add, had come from a dis tance; tor It is always so in primitive Africa. the fuither on" a doctor or witchriuder lives, the greater his reputation." We turn fiom the survey of African medicine with the determination to trust for the future wiih greater confluence in the prescriptions of our own Guleiis; but an enlightened perception of the beautiful, as exhioitod in the chignons of the ladies of Ishogo, must not be passed over in silence. A hint may be gleaned Irom the few following descriptive paragraphs; in which, per haps, one or two things are mentioned which public opinion would scarcely sanction as pro per for importation into this couutry: "The Ishogos are a line tribe of negroes; they are strongly and well built, with well ueveloped limbs and broad shoulders. I consider them superior to the Ashiras in phy sique, and 1 lemarked that they generally hud finer heads, broader in the pnrt where phreno logists place the organs of Ideality. With some of them their general appearance reminded me of the Fans. The women have good figures; they tattoo themselves in various parts of the body ou the shoulders, arms, breast, back, and abdomen and some ol them have raised pea like marks similar to those of the Apouo women, between the eye-brows and on the cheeks. Both men and women adopt the custom of pull ing out the two middle incisors of the upper jaw, but this mode of adding to their personal attractions is not bo general us among the Aponos: many file their upper incisors and two or three ol the lower ones to a point. The men and women ornament themselves with red powder, made by rubbing two pieces ot barwood together; but their most remarka ble fashions relate to tho dressing of the hair. On my arrival at lgoumble, I had noticed how curious the head-dresses of the women were. bciiig so unlike the fashions I had seen among any ot the irmes i naa visitea. Aiinougn these medes are sometimes Ivery grotesque. tbey are not devoid of what English ladies, with their present fashions, might consider good taste: in short, thev cultivate a remarkable sort of chignons. I have remarked three different ways of hair dressing as most prevalent among the Ishogo belles. The first is to train the hair into a tower-shaped mass elevated from eight to ten inches irom the crown ot tho head: the hair from the lorehead to the base of the tower, and also that ol tho back part up to the ears, being closely shaved ou. inoraer to give snupe to the tower, they make a framework, generally out or old pieces ot grass-ciotn, and ux the nuir rounn it. Ail tne cnignous are wornea up on a frame. Another mode is to wear the tower, with two round balls ol hair, one on each side, above the ear. A third fashion is similar to the tiist, but the tower, instead ot being perpen dicular to the crown, Is inclined obliquely from the back ot the head, and the front ot the head Is clean shavcu almost to the middle. The nock is also shorn closely up to the ears. "The hair on these towers has a parting in the middle and on the sides, which is very neully done. The whole structure must require years ol carelul training before it reaches the periec t ion attained by the leaders ot Ishogo fashion. A really eood chignon is not attained until tho owner is about twenty or twenty-five years of age. It is the chief object of ambition with the young Ishogo women to possess a good well-trained aud well-greased tower of hair of tho kiud that I describe. Some women are iur better dressers ol hair than others, and are much sought for the fixing and cleaning ot tho hair requiring a long day's work. The womau who desires to have her hair dressed must either pay the hair-dresser or must promise to perlorm ilic same kind office to her neighbor In return. "Once fixed, these chignons remain for a couple of months without requiring to bo rear ranged, uud the mass of insect life that accuinu laics in tliem dunug that period is truly aston ishing. However, the womeu make use ot their huge iron or ivory hairpins (which I described in 'Equatoricl Africa') in tho place of combs. The lashion of tho 'rhvnon' was unknown when 1 lelt Kurope, so that to the belles of Africa be longs the credit of the invention. Tho womeu wear no ornaments in the ears, and I saw none who had their eats pierced; tbey are very dif ferent from the Apingi in this respect. Like the women ol other tribes, they are not allowed to wear more than two deuguis, or pieces of grass cloth, by way ot petticoat. This stinted clothing has u ludicrous effect iu the fat dames, as the pieces do not then meet well in the middle. "The men also have fancy ways ot trimming their hair. The most fashionable style is to shave the whole of the head except a circular patch on the crown, nnd to form this Into three hnel.v-pluited divisions, each terminating iu a point and hanging dowu. At the end of each ot these they fix u large bead or a piece of Iron or brass wire, so that the effect is very singular. Tho Ishogo people shave their eyebrows aud pull out their eyelashes." M. Du Chaillu obligingly furnishes us with an inventory ol the tmuwutt of a bride ot Mobauu, a highland tow u of the Ashane,es: "Mobuna is a large place, with houses like those id Niembouai. Numerous bee-hives hang agaiust the houses, or are scattered among the pluutain trees. Coats are plentiful; some of them are ol greut size, and very tat. These gene rally form piut of the dowry given when a woman is married. While at Mobauu, I assisted at tho departure ot a voung woman who had been given in niurnaee to a niau of a neighbor ing village. Her lather was to take her there, wuh all the marriage outtit (troum-au tie ma riu(u). It consisted of eight of the plates ol the country, such as I have already. described; two large baskets for carrying pluutaius from the plantations, or calabashes full of water from thosprine; u great number of calabashes; a largo package of ground-nuts; u package ot squash-seeds; two dried legs of antelope; some hue iichuhdas (the name given to tho deuguis here), and uer stool. Several members ot her family earned this elaborate outfit. The Ui Re elect was smart li -dressed; her ehignoH i had been f,u,fi most elaborately the duy before. As she left the village, the people re.narke I to -uch other, 'Her husband will see that the Mo bana people do not send away their daughters W "Her old' mother aecompauicd her to the i end of the street, and theu returned to her home, looking proud uud happy nt having Been her daughter j!0 with such hi; outfit. It was whilst remaining at Mayo o, on h s return to the coast, that M. Du Chai lu had the Pleasure of listen ns to the following legend. The time was evening; the p lace on encamp, meut. around the tires of which many villagers were reclining. The narrator oi the "storv, or parable," was "a very talkative old fellow, who u'emed to bo the wag .Jhe village. The Utile nariatlvo 1 entiled Akenda Mbum: "llediioua had a daughter called Arondo, and X-was very beautiful. Rodjioua said, 'A muu may give uie slaves, goods, or Ivory to marry mv daughter, but he will not get her; 1 want onlv J that will agree that when Anmdofalll tlh he will full ill also, and that, when Atoudo dies, he will dio alao. Time A1TJL 15, 18G7. went or.; and, n people mew mis, no uuc came to ask Arondo m marriage; but, ono day, a mau called Akenda Mbani ('never goes twice to the same place') came, arid ho said to Uedjioua, '1 come to marry Arondo, your daughter; i come, because I will sgree that when Arondo dies I will die also. So Akenda Mbani married Aronuo. akchoh Mbani was a great hunter, and, after no had married Arondo, he went hunting, unu killed two wild bears. On his return he saia. I have killed two bears, and bring jou one. rtcdjiotia said. ' Go nnd letch the other.' Akeuda Moanl aia, iy miner gave iue a nconi (a law) that 1 must never go twice to the same pluce.' Another day he went hunting again, and killed two antelopes; on his return, he said to Keajioua, i inucr, i nave miieu era kambl (antelopes); I bring jou one.' The kirg ttiiswcted, 'Please, my son-in-law. go and fitch the other.' He nnswired, 'You know I cannot go twice to the eutue place.' "Another time ho went hunting again, ana killed two bo m; os (a kind of antelope). Then Kcdjioua, who saw that all the other anliuuls wtre being lost, said, 'Please, my son-in-law, show the people the place wh re the other bongo l.' Akenda Mbani replied, 'if 1 do so, I urn ai runt f shall oic.' 'In the evening of the same day a canoe irom the Oroungou country came with goods, and remained on the river side. Akenda Mbani said to his wife Arondo, 'Let us go and meet the Oioungous.' They saw them, aud then took a box lull of goods, and theu went bac k to their own bouse. The people ot the village traded with the Oroungotis, and when the Oroungous wanted to go back, tfiey came to Akenda Mbani, and he trusted them teu slaves, and pave them a present ot two goals, and many bunches of plantains, mats, and lowls; then the Oroungous lelt. Mouths went on; but, one day, Arondo said to her husbund, We have never opened the box that came with tin Oroungous. Let us see what there is in it.' They opened it, and saw cloth; then Arondo said, 'Husband, cut me two fathoms ol it, for I bko it.' Then they leit the room; then Aroudo seated herself on the bed, and Akenda Mbani on a stool, when 6v.odcnly Arondo said, 'Hus band, I begiu to have a headache.' Akenda Mbani said, 'Ah, ah, Arondo, do ou want mo to die?' and he looked Arondo steadily in tho luce. lie tied a bandage around her head, and did the same to nis own. Aronuo began to cry as her headache became wotsc; and," when the people of the village heard her cry, they came all around her. ltedjloua came, aud Bald, 'Do not cry, my daughter; you will not die.' Then Arondo said. 'Father, wby do you say I shall not oie ? tor, it you lear death, j ou may bo Bure it will come.' bhe had hardly said these words than f.he expired. Then all tho people mourned. and Uedjioua said, 'Now my daughter is dead, Akenda Mbani must die also.' "The i lace where people are burled la called Diirnui; the villagers went there and dug a place tor the two corpses, which were buried to gether. Bcdjioua had a slave buried with Aronao, besides a tusk ot an elephant, rings. mats, plates, and the bed on which Akeuda Mbani and Arondo slept; the cutlass, the hunt' iug-bag, and the spear of Akenda Mbuul were also burled. The people then said, 'Let us cover the things with sand, aud make a little mound.' When Aganibouai (the mouth-piece. the tpiaker ot the village) heard of this, he said to liedjioutt, 'There are leopards here.' Then Uedjioua said, 'Do not have a mound over my child's burial-place, ' tor tear that the leopards might come and scratch the ground, ana eat the corpse of my child.' Tuen the people said, 'Let us then dig a deeper hole:' and they took away Arondo and Akenda Mbani. and placed both on stools, and then dug and dug, aud put hack the things that were to be buried with Arondo, uud theu laid her in her place. Then they came to Akeuda Mbani, who then awoke aud said, 'I never go twice to the same place; you put me in the tomb, and you took n.e away from it, though all of you knew tnnt l never go to tne same place aain.' When Bediioua heard of this he became verv nngry, and said, 'You knew that Akeuda Mbani never goes twice to the same place; why did you remove him V Then he ordered the people to catch Aganibouai, and cut his head oft. "Mobal. Formerly it wa9 tho custom with married people that when the woman died the man should die also, and vice versa. But since the time of Akenda Mbani, the custom is altered, atd the husband or the wile no longer die with their partners." From M. Du Chaillu's chapter entitled "Phy sical tocography and Climate," we extract a lew particulars ot much interest and considerable novelty: "Kuuatorial Africa from the western coast, as far as I have been, is covered with au almost impenetrable jungle. This jungle begins where the sen ceases to beat its continual waves, and now luueu lunucr mis woouy ueu extends, iur ther explorations ulono will be able to show. From my lurlhest point it extended eastward as lar us my eyes cruid reach; 1 mav. however, sav that, near the banks ot a Jorge river running iioin a nonueusL oireciiou towarus tne south west, prairie landB were to be seen, according to the uceounts the Ashangos had received. "This gigantic forest extends north and south of the Equator, varyiug in breadth liom two to three degrees ou each side of it. south of the equator, it extended much further southerly thau 1 nave been, uud on tho north it nached luriher than 1 travelled in my former jouruey. Now and theu prairies looking like islands, rescninnng so many gems, are Iouud in the niuist ot this dark sea of everlasting foliaire. and how gratelul my eyes met them no one cau conceive, unless ne nas nyeu in sucn a solitude. "Now and then prairies are seen frotutne sea shore; but they do not extend far inland, Bnd are merely sandy patches felt oy tue sea in the pri press of time. "lu this greut woody wilderness man is scat tered and divided into a great number of tribes. The forest, thinly inhabited by man, was still more scantily Inhabited by beasts. There were no beasts ot bnrueu Lelther horse, camel, donkey, nor cattle. Men and women were the only curriers ot burden. Beasts of buiden could not live, for the country was not well adapted for them. The only truly domes ticated animals were goats and fowls the goats increasing in number as I advanced into the m tciior, uud the lowls decreasing. "I was struck by the absence of those species of animals always found in great number in almost every other part of Alrlca. Neither Hols, rhinoceroses, zebras, 'giraffes, nor ostriches were found, and the great variety of elands and gazelles (although found almost everywhere else in Ainca) were not to be seen there. Travellers in my locality would never dream that 6iich vast herds of game could bo found ou the same continent as thoso described by dif ferent travellers. Hence large carnivorous animals are scarce; leopards, aud two or three species ot hyenas and jackals, only being found. Little nocturnal animals are more common, but they are very difficult to get at. Keptiles abound in the forest. There are a great many species ot snakes, the greater part of which are poikonous. tSonie are ground-snakes, others spend part ol their lives upon trees, while some ure water-suukes. Among the ground-snakes oneot tho most to be dreaded is the Ciottio nasi comis. There are several species of A'c'ti and of Atlieris; these nre generally found upon trees; they are small and very venomous. A very dangerous snake Is the black variety of the cobra (lJatdraepia ariymtwtps). .This suako is much dreaded, lor, when surprised or attacked, it rises up as if reudy to spring upon you. There is a large water-snake found often in the beuu tiful clearwater of the streams of the interior, described by Dr. (iuntber under the name of Sitwofihaga grayii. I have olten seen this snake coifed up aud resting on the brunches of tree s uuder water. "Lizards are also abundant in some districts, and it is amusing to watch how they prey on the insect world. Among them 1 noticed a night species, that lives in the houses, and which is tho greut enemy of cockroaches. They are continually moving from one place to another during the night, in search of their -prey. During the day they remain perfectly still, and hide; themselves between the bark of. trees forming the walls of the huts. "The country is also very rich in spiders: they ure of wonderful diversity of form. Home ot them are bo large, and their webs bo btroug, that birds are said to bo caueht in them. There are house-spiders, tree-spiders, and pround Bpiders. These spiders are exceedingly isefiil, and rid the country of many ' unpleasant flics. How many times I have seen them, overpower prey which seemed much stronger than themselves 1 The web-splders seemed to have but a few enemies, but iho house and wall-epiders, which make no web, have most in veterate enemies 1n the shape ot two or throe kinds of wasps. During the day I have een these wasps travelling along the wallswttha rapidity that astonished me, and finally, when coming to a spider, iuimeaiaieiyTrunce upon the uniortunaie insert, uu uvurjiower u vj me quickness of the movements of their legs, and succeed In cutting one after the other the legs of the epider cIobp to tn oony, ana men buck it, or fly away with it to devour it bomewhero else. 'I consider some epocies oi nis, suaices. lizards, snd spiders as most useful, lor they deftroy u great quantity ot insects and other vermin. The great moi'ture ot the country I have visiled, with its immense jungio. is weir adapted tor the Insect world, and would prove a very rich field to a naturalist and collector who would make it bis special study and busi ness. 1 was surprised how cioseiy several or. them mimicked or imitated other obiects; some looked exactly like the leaves on whicn they most generallv remniu; others are exactly o( the color of tlie bark of trees on which they cruwl; while others looked exactly like dead leaves, and ono or two like pieces oi ucaa branches of trees. Dragon flies of beaulilul eoler were met near the pools. "Bats are verv abumiaut, and l find succeeded In making a fine collection ot ihein. Ihey somi times came by hundreds and spent the whole ot 1he night flying round a tree wkicU bore fruits they like, anil the noise made by their wings sounded strangely amid the (till ness which surrounded them. "Squirrels are rather numerous, and there are a good number ot species. Birds of f.rey andsnnkesnre their great enemies. In 'ftqau torial Attica' I described how I saw a snoka charming a squirrel, and made the little crea ture come to him. "There are eight species of monkeys, but they ore not all found in every elistrict. They live in troops, but whea old tley live generally by themselves, or in pars. Of all the Mamniniliau animals inhabiting the forests, the monkey tribe is the mjst numerous; bHt the poor monkey is surrouneled by enemies, the greatest being man, who sets traps everywhere to catch him; then he Is ccn tinuaUy hunted by the negroes wiih gunsor arrows; the guanonlen, an eagle, Is also hig in veterate enemy. , i "The guanonlen is a roost formidable eagle, and, 1n "spite of ull my endeavors, during ny former and this last journey, 1 have been en able to kill one: but several times I have bflen Btartled in the forest by the sudden cry of in guish of a monkey who had been sei?.cd by tlij 'leopurd of the air,' as the natives olten call, it, and then saw the bird with its prey disappear out of Bight. . "One day, hunting through the thick junrle, I came to a spot covered with more than uo hundred skulls of monkeys of different Biles. Some of these skulls must have been thos of formidable animals-, and these now and tlen succeeded, It appears, in giving such bitej to this eagle that they disabled him. Forawlile I thought myself in the Valley of Golgotja. Then I saw at the. top ot a gleantlc tree, at the loot of which were the skulls, the nestof the bird, but the young had fiown away. 'I was tola by the natives that the guanonim comes and Jays in the same nest year at'tr year. When an adult specimen will be pn cured, it may be found to rival in size the coi dor ol America., . 'I " By the side of wild men roamed the apes' the chimpanzee forming several varietlei These are colled by the negroes the Nscoieca Nschiepo Nkengo, Nschiego Mbouve, and Koo loo Kamba.all closely allied, and I think bardli distinguishable from each other by their bonj Btructure. Then came Iho largest of all, thl gorilla, which might be truly called the king of the Iciest. They all roumed in this greal jungle, which Beems bo well adapted to be thefj liomes, for they live on the nuts, berries, fruits of the forest, found in more or less num. ber throughout the year; but they eat suchl quantity of food that they are oblieed to roati from place to place, aud are found periodically in the same district. . 1 "The elephant has become gcnrce.ninl recedei larther and farther every year into the last ueeses of the interior. i "Miles after mileB were fravelllcd over wltB out hearing the 6ouna of a bird, the chatter d a monkey, or fhe tootstep of a gazelle, th humming ol Insects, the falling of a leaf ; th gentle murmur of some hidden atream onh came upon our cars to break the dullness o this awing silence, und disturb the grandes solitude mau can ever behold a solitude whicl often chilled nie, but which was well aduntel for the study ot nature." i- In bis "Mission to the King of Dahomy.l by Captuin Burton, puolished about twi years ago, theie appeared a very painfii chapter on "Tne Negro's place in Nature intioduced by a letter to Dr. Hunt, the founde and President of the Anthropological Society The gallant captain put forward the theorie oi inalienable physical, mental, and moral ii feriority of tho Hatuite to the Semitic fau lies, aud even argued lor a heterageneity t descent. He protested, with some pains aiS. emphasis, that the exceptional cases quoted prove equality were Irrelevant, as being cass of men into whose negro blood the Seoiitc elenunt had been transfused. Of the Dah nians, Captain Burton had the lowest posslbk opinion. . The following is his eloquent an! heartless summary : "They are a mongr race, and a bad. Cretan liars, Cretans at lean) mg, cowardly, and therefore cruel; gamblers and, consequently, cheaters; brutal, noisy, boisterous, unveneralive, aud disobedient: di ....l.Un , 1. ... .1 .. a i - 1 ' ..1 oan-iii,cu muitD, nun urcm it H UUiy TO mi gods' to be drunk; a flatulent, self-conceitei ,ei itj v n n't lieru oi oaroarians, wno endeavor to humiliai iuoso wuu wucni ruey nave to deal; in fact slave-race vormic. wilh a soul nmrnp Wo have no self-gratulation at appropriating! the compliment implied in such a vilification oi vue cuaracier oi tue negro. We are glad to observe that the estimate of M. Du Chaiilu is more discriminating, more humane, aud more just. Whilst exhibiting their laujts, he does not veil their virtues, Lor betray any incljpa- r'i. in ' lueirciuimsoi Protherfiooel. M.Uu i.uuiuu uonuiuues nis very interesting volume' by the following appeal in thpir fnvnr. "As to his future capabilities, I think extreme views have prevailed among us. Some hold flirt Am..1.m !.... u .-v ufiumu w mo ucgro win never nsei uiMuei man no is; otneis think that he is capable of reaching the highest state of civlli-i "" 111 y uwu pari, i ao not agree with either of these opinions. . "I believe thatthe neoro mav hpnnmo a mnu useful member of mankind than be is at pre 6ent,that he may be raised to a higher staudard but that, if lelt to himself, he will soou fali back into barbarism, for we have no example to the contrary. In his own country the etforta pf the missionaries for hundreds of years have had nn tr...... i,n .. ? - - ....v.. ,uo n.io-i,,iim y Ru nway anu rue people relapse into barbarism. Though a one rr.ay be taught the arts and science1 lOwn bv mrrfi willed nnfinna inline ik.. .. ...... .... , .. nj LUCT navo the power of progression lu themspionai they must inevituhlv rehm-n in tt,o J time into their former stale. Of all the uncivilized races of man npirrn tw, 1, . a . .1 "." ". ""1 a a. ut-u iuuuu 10 ue mo most iraetaoi and the most docile, and he possesses excellenl qualities that compensate in great measure fol his bad ones. We ought, therefore, to be kini to him and try to elevate him. That he wil disappear in time from this land 1 have ver' mtle doubt: and that he will follow In thl course of time tho. inferior races who havi preceded him. So lot us write his histury." I WM, D. ROCERsTj CARRIAGE BUILI1ER Manufacturer of Flrst-Claas Carriages 3 O IN JLj A'. 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