Nor will
they readily part with it when worked. The usual trade medium is
a metal rod; two of these are worth a franc if of brass, while
three of copper represent two francs. There is a great demand for
beads and salt, the latter especially throughout the interior.
Thus ended my "first impressions" amongst the Fan cannibals.
Chapter X.
To the Mbika (Hill) ; the Sources of the Gaboon.----return to the
Plateau.
Not yet despairing of a shot at or of capturing a "poor
relation," I persuaded Mr. Tippet to assemble the lieges and
offer them double what was proposed at Mbata. No one, however,
appeared sanguine of success, the anthropoid keeps his distance
from the Fan. A trip to the interior was suggested, first up the
Mbokwe, and finally arranged for the Londo River. Information
about the country was, as usual, vague; one man made the stream
head two days off, the other a few hours, and Mr. Tippet's mind
fluctuated between fifty and one hundred miles.
The party was easily assembled, and we set out at 7 A.
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