A TRAGEDY OF THE CONGO
A terrible tragedy of the Congo is told by Yacoub Pasha Artin, who writes of his journey 1 up the Nile in "Egypt in the Sudan" (MacMiUan). <c As a former Governor of Lado named llenouard was returning- to his post after a holiday, the black sailors on his boat mutinied and massacred all on board, with the exception of the Governor and the engineer, who had the good fortune to escape the fate of their fellows by jumping into the water and swimming ashore. Once on land they made for the forest,, where they hid themselves ; \ho engineer succeeded in climbing up into a tree, ! but Renouard, being unable to follow suit, tried to hide unde rthe leaves at the foot of the tree. By-and-by the mutinous blacks, who were on the track of the fugitives, discovered him, and, under the eyes of the engineer, cut him up and ate him alive. For 'two whole days they remained at the foot of the' tree eating the poor Governor's body, and only went off -when they had completed their cannibal act. The engineer had just enough strength left to get down from the tree and find his way to a military post."..
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Grey River Argus, 22 April 1911, Page 2
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207A TRAGEDY OF THE CONGO Grey River Argus, 22 April 1911, Page 2
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