Everywhere in the Dark Continent the habit of smoking something or somehow has been met with by our most energetic explorers even in the dense forests of new Equatoria. The Pigmies find it desirable to have something to smoke. Paul Du Chaillu in 1856 brought to our notice the Pipes shewn at the top of the next page. These are used by The Fans, a fierce Cannibal tribe—great in the mystery of Iron work, and are generally made of red or very dark clay. The Specimen from SANKURU River LAT 5° S is of wood & very beautifully carved.—The Bone Pipe is very like a Cigar Holder
LAGOS and Ashantee.
The Three Bowls of the dark clay bowl are certainly a striking object to any smoker.. and again the small bowl from the larger one in fact “Bowl major.” “Bowl Minor”—this plurality we shall find in India, still that does not very clearly explain the why & wherefore—unless it emanates from mere love of being unlike others.. The Light coloured Red Clay of the Ashantee Pipes is very striking—& the form of the Bowls still more so. There is a decidedly Classical character about them.. as if started from Roman Lamps & Pompeian ideas & then supplied to their Colonies—.