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Page 37
... gold there are wonderfully like the pomps and pageantries among ourselves . Turn up the volume at page 34 , and you will find the description to which I allude . ” AFRICAN MANNERS . " An area of nearly a mile MANNERS . 37.
... gold there are wonderfully like the pomps and pageantries among ourselves . Turn up the volume at page 34 , and you will find the description to which I allude . ” AFRICAN MANNERS . " An area of nearly a mile MANNERS . 37.
Page 38
... gold ornaments which glistened in every di- rection . More than a hundred bands burst at once on our arrival , with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances , with the beating of innumerable drums ...
... gold ornaments which glistened in every di- rection . More than a hundred bands burst at once on our arrival , with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances , with the beating of innumerable drums ...
Page 39
... gold breast - plates , made way for us , and we commenced our round , pre- ceded by the canes and the English flag ... gold necklaces , intricately wrought , suspended Moorish charms , dearly purchased , and en- closed in small square ...
... gold breast - plates , made way for us , and we commenced our round , pre- ceded by the canes and the English flag ... gold necklaces , intricately wrought , suspended Moorish charms , dearly purchased , and en- closed in small square ...
Page 40
... gold embossment ) stood their handsomest youths , with corslets of leopard's skin covered with gold cockle - shells , and stuck full of small knives , sheathed in gold and silver , and the handles of blue agate ; cartouch - boxes of ...
... gold embossment ) stood their handsomest youths , with corslets of leopard's skin covered with gold cockle - shells , and stuck full of small knives , sheathed in gold and silver , and the handles of blue agate ; cartouch - boxes of ...
Page 41
... gold ; their muskets had rests affixed of leopard's skin , and the locks a covering of the same ; the sides of their faces were curiously painted in long white streaks , and their arms also striped , having the appearance of armour ...
... gold ; their muskets had rests affixed of leopard's skin , and the locks a covering of the same ; the sides of their faces were curiously painted in long white streaks , and their arms also striped , having the appearance of armour ...
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