The Men's State Of Mind,
However, Soon Cleared; And I Must Say This Was The Only Time I Came
Across This Lhiamba Giving Such Strong Effects; Usually The Men Just
Cough With That Racking Cough That Lets You Know What They Have Been
Up To, And Quarrel For A Short Time.
When, however, a whiff of
lhiamba is taken by them in the morning before starting on a march,
the effect seems to be good, enabling them to get over the ground
easily and to endure a long march without being exhausted.
But a
small tot of rum is better for them by far. Many other intoxicants
made from bush are known to and used by the witch doctors.
You may say: - Well! if it is not the polygamy and not the drink
that makes the West African as useless as he now is as a developer,
or a means of developing the country, what is it? In my opinion, it
is the sort of instruction he has received, not that this
instruction is necessarily bad in itself, but bad from being
unsuited to the sort of man to whom it has been given. It has the
tendency to develop his emotionalism, his sloth, and his vanity, and
it has no tendency to develop those parts of his character which are
in a rudimentary state and much want it; thereby throwing the whole
character of the man out of gear.
The great inferiority of the African to the European lies in the
matter of mechanical idea.
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