AMONG THE FAN CANNIBALS AND THE GOBILLAS. 41 
habitat, and makes them the worst of cannibals. 
Whilst the “ Sheehans ” (Shekyani) buried their dead 
under the bed within the house, these detestable Kay- 
lees ate not only their prisoners, but their defunct 
friends, whose bodies were “ bid for directly the breath 
was out of them ; ” indeed, fathers were frequently seen 
to devour their own children. Bowdich evidently speaks 
VIEW OF A BANANA GARDEN 
from hearsay ; but the Brazil has preserved the old 
traditions of cannibalism amongst the Gaboes. 
The Bakele appeared to me very like the coast tribes, 
only somewhat lighter-coloured and wilder in look, 
whilst they again are darker-skinned than their eastern 
neighbours from the inner highlands. Their women are 
not so well dressed as the “ ladies ” of the Mpongwe, 
the chignon is smaller, and there are fewer brass rings. 
The men, who still cling to the old habit of hunting, 
cultivate the soil, practise the ruder mechanical arts, 
and trade with the usual readiness and greed ; they 
