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long. From the accounts the traveller received, they occupy 

 a considerable territory, and are divided into nine distinct 

 tribes, each having its own king or chief. Like all the other 

 pygmy African tribes, they live chiefly by the chase, being 

 great hunters of the elephant, which they attack with bows 

 and arrows. 



In exchange for one of his dogs, Schweinfurth obtained 

 from Mounza one of these little men, whom he intended to 

 bring to Europe, but who died on the homeward journey at 

 Berber. Unfortunately all the measurements and observations 

 which were made in the Monbuttu country by Schweinfurth 

 perished in the fire which destroyed so much of the valuable 

 material he had collected. His descriptions of their physical 

 characters are therefore chiefly recollections. Other travellers 

 Long, Marno, and Vossion though not penetrating as far 

 as the Akka country, have given observations upon individuals 

 of the race they have met with in their travels. The Italian 

 Miani, following the footsteps of Schweinfurth into the 

 Monbuttu country, also obtained by barter two Akka boys, 

 with the view of bringing them to Europe. He himself fell 

 a victim to the fatigues of the journey and climate, but left 

 his collections, including the young Akkas, to the Italian 

 Geographical Society. Probably no two individuals of a 

 savage race have been so much honoured by the attentions 

 of the scientific world. First at Cairo, and afterwards in 

 Italy, Tebo (or Thibaut) and Chairallah, as they were named, 

 were described, measured, and photographed, and have been 

 the subjects of a library of memoirs, their biographers 

 including the names of Owen, Panceri, Cornalia, Mantegazza, 

 Giglioli, Zannetti, Broca, Hamy, and de Quatrefages, On 

 their arrival in Italy, they were presented to the king and 

 queen, introduced into the most fashionable society, and 

 finally settled down as members of the household of Count 

 Miniscalchi Erizzo, at Verona, where they received a European 

 education, and performed the duties of pages. 



In reply to an inquiry addressed to my friend, Dr. Giglioli, 

 of Florence, I hear that Thibaut died of consumption on 28th 

 January 1883, being then about twenty- two years of age, and 

 was buried in the cemetery at Verona. Unfortunately no 



