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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
were expelled by the Bati or Batti — not “ Bari ” as it 
lias been written — from their ancient seats ; and they 
are still pushing them seawards. The bushmen are said 
to live seven to ten short marches (seventy to a hundred 
miles) to the east, and are described by Mr. Tippet, 
whom they have visited, as a fine, tall, slender, and 
light-skinned people, who dress like the Fan, but with- 
out so much clothing, and who sharpen the teeth of 
both sexes. Dr. Barth heard of the Bati, and Herr 
Petermann’s map describes them * as “ Pagans, reported 
to be of a white colour, and of beautiful shape, to live in 
houses made of clay, to wear cloth of their own making, 
and to hold a country from which a mountain is visible 
to the south-west, and close to the sea.” The range in 
question may be the Long Qua (Kwa), which continues 
the Camarones block to the north-east, and the Batis may 
have passed south-westward from Southern Adamawa. 
The Fan were accompanied in their seaward move- 
ment by the Osheba or ’Sheba, the Moshebo and Moshobo 
of M. du Chaillu’s map. They are said to be a tribe of 
kindred blood and warlike tastes, speaking a remarkably 
guttural tongue, but intelligible to the Mpangwe. They 
too were doubtless pressed forward by the Inner Bati, 
who are also affected by the Okana, the Yefa, and the 
Sensoba. The latter are the innermost known to my 
negro informants, and their sheep and goats have found 
their way to the Gaboon ; they are doughty elephant- 
hunters, and they attack the Njfna, although they have 
no fire-arms. The Mpangwe deride the savagery of 
these races, who have never heard of a man riding a 
horse or an ass, which the Mpongwes call Cavala and 
Buro (burro). The names of these three races, which 
are described as brave, warlike, and hospitable to 
strangers, will not be found on any map ; indeed, the 
regions east of the Gaboon belong to the great white 
blot of inter-tropical Africa, extending from north lati- 
tude 7° to south latitude 5°. Major de Ruvignes heard 
also of a tribe called Lachaize (Osheba ?) which excels 
the Fa n in strength and courage as much as the latter 
* Hutchinson's “ Ten Years’ Wanderings,” p. 319. 
