 | 1861 - 392 sivua
...families in their own tribes, and besides this get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbicbos and Mbondemos, for which they readily give ivory at the rate of a small tusk for a body." The Fans sell their criminals into slavery : " a great many are yearly sold to the coast traders. Of... | |
 | 1861 - 838 sivua
...families in their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the ilbichos and Mbondemos, for which they readily give ivory,...party of Fans who came down to the sea-shore once actually stole a freshly-buried body from the cemetery, and cooked it and ate it among them ; and at... | |
 | 1861 - 520 sivua
...own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbichos and Mboudemos, for which they readily give ivory, at the rate of...A party of Fans who came down to the seashore once actually stole a freshly-buried body from the cemetery, and cooked it and ate it among them ; and at... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1861 - 602 sivua
...their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbichos 34 rmd Mbondemos, for which they readily give ivory, at the...authenticated, but seeming quite impossible to any one acquainted with this people — which are told of them on the Gaboon. A party of Fans who came down... | |
 | 1861 - 520 sivua
...own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mhichos and Mboudemos, for which they readily give ivory, at the rate of a small tusk for a body. l)ntil to-day I never could believe two stories— both well authenticated, but seeming quite impossible... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1863 - 478 sivua
...families in their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbochos and Mbondemos, for which they readily give ivory at...party of Fans who came down to the sea-shore once actually stole a freshly-buried body from the cemetery, and cooked it and ate it among them ; and,... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1863 - 448 sivua
...families in their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbochos and Mbondemos, for which they readily give ivory at...party of Fans who came down to the sea-shore once actually stole- a freshly-buried body from the cemetery, and cooked it and ate it among them ; and,... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1863 - 438 sivua
...own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbochos and Hbondemos, for which they readily give ivory at the rate of a...party of Fans who came down to the sea-shore once actually stole a freshly-buried body from the cemetery, and cooked it and ate it among them ; and,... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 sivua
...bodies of the neighboring tribes, and of other families in their own tribes; who, in return, buy theirs. They readily give ivory, at the rate of a small tusk for a body — even when the latter has evidently died of some loathsome disease. They are regular ghouls, in... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1876 - 386 sivua
...turn buy theirs. They also buy the dead of other families in their own tribes, and besides this, they get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbichos...give ivory at the rate of a small tusk for a body. But another consideration restrained me, which was, that the removal of the bodies in such hot weather... | |
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They spoke without embarrassment about the whole matter, and I was informed that they constantly buy the dead of the Osheba tribe, who in return buy theirs. They also buy the dead of other families in their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies... 
