In All
Other Respects They Ornament Themselves Like The Women, Only,
Instead Of A Long Coil Of Wire Wound Up The Arm, They Content
Themselves With Having Massive Rings Of Copper Or Brass On The
Wrist; And They Carry For Arms A Spear And Bow And Arrows.
All
extract more or less their lower incisors, and cut a [upside-down
V shape] between their two upper incisors.
The whole tribe are
desperate smokers, and greatly given to drink.
On the 24th, we all, as many as were left of us, marched into the
merchant's depot, S. lat. 5§ 0' 52", and E. long. 33§ 1'
34",[FN#7] escorted by Musa, who advanced to meet us, and guided
us into his tembe, where he begged we would reside with him until
we could find men to carry our property on to Karague. He added
that he would accompany us; for he was on the point of going
there when my first instalment of property arrived, but deferred
his intention out of respect to myself. He had been detained at
Kaze ever since I last left it in consequence of the Arabs having
provoked a war with Manua Sera, to which he was adverse. For a
long time also he had been a chained prisoner; as the Arabs,
jealous of the favour Manua Sera had shown to him in preference
to themselves, basely accused him of supplying Manua Sera with
gunpowder, and bound him hand and foot "like a slave." It was
delightful to see old Musa's face again, and the supremely
hospitable, kind, and courteous manner in which he looked after
us, constantly bringing in all kind of small delicacies, and
seeing that nothing was wanting to make us happy.
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