WHITE AFRICANS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1773, 22 February 1888, Page 3

WHITE AFRICANS

The statement contained m Rider R ggori'd now novel, "Allan Quarter main," concerning tbo existence of whitrac.s m the interior of Africa, has receiver! a moßt reinark'ible confirmation from the man who, pbove all oihera, ia qualified to speak on ihe subject, i-aya the New York "World" Z«behr Pacha, ihe grand -dr) slave king of Central Africa, wh.m the

erman traveller, Dr Schw. infu r tli, des cribfs m 1871 as l'Viug m ih < pace •• wi ere visitors were conducted through hulls of state by ricbly-drensed and a ten tive Blaves, a<d where chained lions guaHed the doors a::d soldiers iv mail armour waited on his will," is now a captive m the fortress of Gibraltar, wbitber be was deported from Egypt some two years ago m consequence of bis suspected complicity m the Soudan rebellion. Taking the othtr day to a correspondent about the slave countries on the White Nile, whioh ar> entirelp Bivag», he re marked : «• At S.kara and Ben -; heigh, iv the vary heart of the slave country, there are tribes aa white ac European ., wth long and silky hair. The be-tids of thto'd men pometimes r aoh do An to th tr fret." Zrihehr, m deeo ibing oth m o the black tribes, asserts that canniba ism still prevails, a d tnat many of them eat none but human flash . "Men «ni **. om«n are sold m the markets by the pound exactly as one sella mutton and beef. The old and Jat are preferred. Some times they are so d dead and cut up."