. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . stubbornly fought out with considerable losses oneither side. The gentle, cheery, happy-go-lucky Bambala are theonly people we met with among whom such feats of armsas these tournaments take place. Although a more friendlyand pleasant people to deal with than the Bambala itwould be difficult to imagine, they have a besetting sin—that of gambling. At all hours of the day groups of menmay be seen squatting on the ground in th
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. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . stubbornly fought out with considerable losses oneither side. The gentle, cheery, happy-go-lucky Bambala are theonly people we met with among whom such feats of armsas these tournaments take place. Although a more friendlyand pleasant people to deal with than the Bambala itwould be difficult to imagine, they have a besetting sin—that of gambling. At all hours of the day groups of menmay be seen squatting on the ground in the village streetplaying a game more or less closely resembling dice, inwhich small pieces of ivory are shaken up in a cup andthrown. The stakes are often high, so high that a manwill sometimes lose not only the whole of his property andhis wives but even his own liberty, becoming the slaveof the winner. It is a pity that this vice should have sucha hold upon the Bambala, who are in every other respecta delightful, and, furthermore, a promising people; butgambling is their curse, as hemp smoking is the curse ofthe Batetela. During the few days we spent at Kikwit we. The friction-drum.