PYCaLIES AND FOREST XEGE0E8 



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the south-west — the Eakoiijo), who are quite indifterent as to whether their 

 coveriug, large or small, subser^'es purposes of deeencv. 



None of the forest people (except the I^eudu) keep cattle, (ioats, sheeji, 

 fowls, and dogs are the only (lomesttc Kniinals. In their agriculture, besides 

 the banana they cultivate maize, sorghum, beans, collocasia,* pumpkins, 

 and tobacco. ^lany of these people are said to indulge in cannibalism, but 

 the jiractice, if it still exists, seems to be dying out. The agiicultural forest 

 Xegroes make potteru and v'ork in iron. About their dwellings roughly and 

 sometimes grotesquely cai'vcd wooden figures ai-e met with, similar to those 

 alluded to in tlie description of the I^endu. These are even more abundant 

 among >ume of the ]3abira, and a[ipnixiniate in many respects to the West 



A kind of arum. 



