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CHTEFT AINESS POISONER, LONDON, Dec. 2.' Major F. 0. Jackson, the explorer, lias returned to London after a year s journey of 6,000 miles across Africa from the Indian Ocean to tlio Atlantic. He had with him only one white man. Mr Graham Evres-Monscll, and a caravan consisting of about 100 native carriers. An object of the trip was the collection of birds, reptiles and butterflies, which are now in the bands of the British Museum authorities. The expedition entered Africa- <at Beira last November, and the first stage of the journey was across Portuguese East Africa. Southern and Northern Rhodesia to the Congo border. Major Jackson said that owing to the heavy rain, great tracts were submerged and the party had “a dreadful time.” Last May the expedition began a trek over Prundi and TJranda (mandated areas, formerly German) to visit King M’singa, the only remaining great potentate in Central Africa. M’siima is described as an enlightened* person but the grout power in the country is his mother who is more than six feet in height. Slio is said to have poisoned six of her relatives to ensure her son’s occupaton ot tne throne. . ~ -m.. The tribes in this region the V\ atntsi and the Mahutas, said Major Jackson, have unpleasant methods of noisonum. They collect the lungs of persons who have died from tuberculosis and, from a prepared powder, fill - e tubes from which the tribesmen •ink their native beer. The mortality om tuberculosis is tremendous. Tlio men of the tribes aro exti. •dinarilv high jumpers. They clear ore than 7ft easily They leapt over r Evres-Monsell. ivlio is himself 6ft „ high, although bo was wearing a igh felt hat. ~ „ Two months were spent among the ygmies in Congo Forest. Major Jack,,7 , aid • “They retain cannibal tenancies and one tribe, the Bakumu, as sharpened teeth which _no doubt rove, useful at festal occasions >Vftor considerable trouble, 'ackson discovered the secret of the vgmv poison, the most deadly and apid known. It is based on a vegeahle. a special kind of vine found m he forest, and specimens of this a e eing handed to* the Kew Garden auhorities for examination. r The expedition reached the Congo liver at Stanleyville in September. Ll travelled the remaining 1200 miles o the Ulantic by steamer.

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daries and erect ’barriers. The Sabbath was associated with “Thou shalt not.” Sunday must be associated with the greater note of ‘Thou shalt.’ ” “Optimus,” in the “'Westminster Gazette.”