ACCOUNT OF THE MUSEUM’S CONGO EXPEDITION 16: 
or Matadi only one hundred miles 
from the coast will not even 
reach its destination for from ten 
to fifteen days. In fact, thedelay 
is said to be sometimes so great 
that a letter may be received 
before the cablegram. 
The report of November 
29 shows remarkable industry. 
It reveals work astonishing in 
amount and careful and system- 
atic to a degree. Mr. Lang is 
evidently living up to his reputa- 
tion for speed and _ skill in the 
work of zodlogical survey and 
expert taxidermy; and not only 
this, but also such system is being 
used in labelling the material 
that the collection will have in- 

NATIVES OF STANLEYVILLE PLAYING A GAME 
They spin fruit stones like tops. The trick is 
to spin two on the banana leaf so that one will 
not bounce the other off 

“ TELEGRAPH" OPERATOR 
Sounds produced by beat- 
ing at different points on the 
tom-tom are combined into a 
syllabic alphabet, so that any 
message, however  compli- 
cated, can be sent 
dubitable scientific value. 
It was the wish of the 
Museum that all speci- 
mens, large and small, 
should be individually 
tagged so that if at any 
time they had to be aban- 
doned but did ultimately 
reach the Museum, there 
would be more chance of 
their scientific value hay- 
ing remained unimpaired. 
It scarcely seems possi- 
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