The features given
are frequently met with, but they are by no means universal.
Many tattoo their bodies by inserting some black substance beneath the skin,
which leaves an elevated cicatrix about half an inch long: these are made
in the form of stars, and other figures of no particular beauty.
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No. 1 appears like a wheel with spokes of hair connecting it to the head.
No. 2 appears somewhat like a tiara sloped forward, as the bow of a ship.
No. 3 appears like gently curving horns. There is a part in the middle,
and the hair, on leather frames, curls outward and upward at the temples.
No. 4 is likewise, but the single horn curves outward and upward
from the forehead - it is labelled "A Young Man's Fashion".
Except for No. 1, all are represented as having the rest of their hair
hanging in braids around the sides and back. All of the faces,
as Livingstone asserts, appear much like paintings of ancient Egyptians,
and could easily be European except for the shading and the slanted eyes.
They are all handsome. - A. L., 1997.
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Chapter 23.
Make a Detour southward - Peculiarities of the Inhabitants -
Scarcity of Animals - Forests - Geological Structure of the Country -
Abundance and Cheapness of Food near the Chihombo - A Slave lost -
The Makololo Opinion of Slaveholders - Funeral Obsequies in Cabango -
Send a Sketch of the Country to Mr. Gabriel - Native Information
respecting the Kasai and Quango - The Trade with Luba -
Drainage of Londa - Report of Matiamvo's Country and Government -
Senhor Faria's Present to a Chief - The Balonda Mode of spending Time -
Faithless Guide - Makololo lament the Ignorance of the Balonda -
Eagerness of the Villagers for Trade - Civility of a Female Chief -
The Chief Bango and his People - Refuse to eat Beef - Ambition of Africans
to have a Village - Winters in the Interior - Spring at Kolobeng -
White Ants:
