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which his eye was accustomed. The general 
stature varied from six feet to six feet four inches; 
their complexion was a light cafS au lait; their 
hair was ornamented with cowries, strung so thickly 
as to suggest a skull-cup, whilst long streamers of 
elephants’ tails, threaded with the Cyprsea and brass 
rings, hung down from the head behind the ears, 
covering the nape of the neck. All these, we may 
observe, are Congo customs. In their manufac¬ 
ture of iron, dug by themselves, they resemble the 
cannibals. 
The Fa n have now lodged themselves amongst 
the less warlike, maritime, and sub-maritime tribes, 
as the (Ashantis) Asiante lately did in Fante-land; 
now they visit the factories on the estuary, and 
wander as far as the Ogobe. In course of time, 
they will infallibly “ eat up ” the Bakele, as the 
latter are eating up the Mpongwe and Shekyani. 
They have their own names for neighbouring 
tribes: the Mpongwe, according to Bowdich, called 
the Shekyani, and the inner tribes “ Boolas, a 
synonym of Dunko in Ashantee;” hence, probably, 
the “Bulous” of Mr. Hutchinson (p. 253), “a 
tribe on the Guergay Creek, who speak a different 
language from the Mpongwes.” The Fazz call the 
Mpongwes, Bayok; the Bakele, Ngozz; the Shek¬ 
yani, Besek; and the Gaboon River, Aboka. The 
sub-tribes of cannibals, living near my line of 
march, were named to me as follows:—1. The 
