with the Fan Cannibals. 
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The Fa n were accompanied in their seaward 
movement 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 M pang we. 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 
Njma, 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 
latitude j° to south latitude 5 0 . Major de Ruvignes 
heard also of a tribe called Lachaize (Osheba?) 
which excels the Fan in strength and courage as 
much as the latter do the coast tribes: a detach¬ 
ment of them had settled near one of the chief 
Mpangwe towns, “ Mboma.” Some days after his 
arrival he saw several of these people, and describes 
them as giants, compared with the negro races to 
