PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WATER.

Lake County Press, Issue 2115, 26 April 1906, Page 7

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WATER.

()NK OK I I IK STKANCKHT HACKS I i ON K A UTIL 1 Tnfossor OUn mu S|.o,:ks!a;;er, a ; well-known liwluiaii p\|ilhmt ami ad- \ nil 11 la - r, lias ami,mure,l I lm discu • cry ‘il wilt' nl' I liw si I a 11ai■ M rarrK of 111ii)i ki11< 1 a ran- of amphibians. In Lake 11 r« user which Vim S t uckslag'i'i' il isn i \ iti'i I. ami named in honour Hi his eo-w nikiT, Lra ns Lra n see— I I m Ih'ln ia n (In co\ i■ i t■«l a I riln* of iiiimi, women, a in I eh i it I ivi i who live pra i - t ifa I ly ail 1 he time in 1 he w a I ei ea I inn; and sleeping; I here After month;; ol st mb, oi this sl ramp' rare < 1 11 r i n u. which he I wire came near 1 ici n a ’ drowned, \ on Si oekslayer managed 1 11 leani I'lioiipli of t heir ipieer, putting lam.; nap* in pain a slight insight ini o I he hist ory ol I he I rihe ; and. from what. In- discovered, lie Holes liial generation aider genera-. ? ion has 1 i s eii in the cool, soothing waters of the lake. Lake I >ra user is .si t ua I ed In 1 he west -waid of (lie Albert, Nyan/.a, about Lh'.'i miles, in the great forests of the ( d Itnp I I'd‘ee S late, and per imps I 'JO miles 1111)1 II -West of I lie norl hern end of I he ! ,ake Tamp-nyi ka. The people of I !w id ires! s a re branches of I he llaknmas and a few wandering tribes of pin.mies. I’art of t he.se. a,'cording lo I he explorer, | still eat human Mesh : and at was to i si mli these cannibals I hat the la.st I expedition, which resulted in the disI cm ere of t!ie amphibians, was miI del ! akell. I tie left I'.i nssels in A pril ! '.a l 1 , ' I with Carl llorix a vmin;.: slndeid, w ho had aivonipn n led him on a | we - i \ inns trip and went up the ( dm ip i [ I o Calls si a t ion. at S I a sh-v La 1 Is, | a ml. unshipping the on i Id a id? ein I plot i nn nali ve i "ii rers and g Hide ~ [ St a !'t ed till O I he wild, mess Ot a son ( hea s I ei I y direct nm, 'The inv es ! I I i;a l ioi is a n io ng t he I I I be;, of (lie forest V. ere eon I 1 I; lie. 1 for l-rvel 111 month , a i id I lie p,i cl \ pen.a ra 1 "d a (list rict lieWT liefol e lea I lied I e, white men, so ta i as is known \ i , few A ra 1 1 Ira dels hail touched I he 1 eon n I c; bill I lie 101 t I Ves W efe V. lid , and unlnetii ll v to them, and had lit I in I O I ra. Il , so I he*. u ere left on led Non emhe, | I , I M 1 1 m condom to : Id o',. ~e \ 01, dtoi U.IIST S .lift VS , tin- part - , arrived a i a I a la 1 11 1 her I o I uiiniii I Im'(| on an;, maps N L \ Kl A S 1 lm , I s', pi | ' I '( IS I- I > , ' I ;mSOI d I .1 ■ I ( 'a lap was btull on (lie would . west .'III side of I i'.e 111 I I" lake, which : is, pe| imps. til ice m I le.s loi i p and Mi'll ISV I lies Wide ill I he widest In w (*■ rk lie w i up, on* a canoe tor t lm explore i nm of t lie lift le lake and I he m, .-1 i: e; a I M e'j' .In i, I Pm: \ who bad p. me down to I lie eilee of the lake i 'll id. ■ I I . 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each [land Is long solid as a bone, round ,. and running in a sharp point. Thu first, linger nail ,>I each hand is sharpened at. ihe end and curved, evidently it, is with these that, (hey capline lish, which forms their chid Sl aple of diet . These people call stay under water for rema rk;i bln leu); 11 is of lime. I have seen one remain under water IT' minutes without i neon veil ienre, "They live n-ally in the water. II- >■ v sleep (loathin' on I lie water, eat lish in the raw si a t >-. and a ppa rent l.v I know Middling of lire or co,,k i ii;T ; Tin-;, have kil led all I lie da tiger, ms lisli and r,'pt i les i, i i 1 1, ■ lake, and i a ppa rent ly gmi rd I tie wa ler ra rel ully . ■ "There were I'd) ■ perhaps a fewmore- members of i lm t i ibe. li\ in;; m Iw o i■, i loi i ms. The children are I ion i 0 11 ru--;i or reed mats, float mu on . Ill,' water. We had I lie pood fort line to see a mo I In'i with a ha I,y two ■ w i ',■ k s oid disport inn in 'he water. The ;iin I her vvat- tow in e the you an sl er. who seemed to I ake I o Ihe j wal er na lura 1 ly, all holin' hj it'- '•} es wen- search open." * ALL LOW TO oMs I .Is A Ids!!. Tim Iri he swims 111 schools, Seek- : im; I ts- cool spot s ,1m inn tin; limit, | ol .the da;. . and l lie warm mill'd- du- ; ring tie- , ■ veil i in;,. In eonel ns ion ol Ids lirsi brochure on lie- subject, I *rol, -ssot- \ mi S1 oeksla;;',-r say s : "i la - eeonom ie a rra n ;,'in,'ii ( S of Ilm lri be are ideal. One fish man is leader, and rules absolutely wit hj perfect just ic, .) usl cnoun'h fish are . killed I o supply Ihe needs of f lie | II i be. and a i;'re;i i part of Ihe food | cons ist s of (lie I etider submerged I sI , iei-.;- of a e.-r iai ii water lily. The j \oi 11 n; • , irk I* ■ tin- mother to tin- ape ‘ oi four v ,-ars a I hast . mum nursin'.; | on the sin lace of t tie w, a lor. ” ' ‘ Week- I ly iludm-l."