. St. Nicholas [serial]. to make them SQUINT. and sauce. Thethis outfit them will draw a load of rice up quite a hill—madeof a board. The unfortunate babies of Africa have very fewplaythings, except what they make traveler did see a rattle-box which a baby could nothave made, as I said was formed of a kind offruit that has a tough rindand hard seeds, by squeezingthe pulp out while green,and leaving the seeds to dryinside the hard skin. The solemn-faced blackbaby shook his toy with as much gravity as our ba-bies shake theirs. Mr. Wood tells of leather dollsmade by the Ka
. St. Nicholas [serial]. to make them SQUINT. and sauce. Thethis outfit them will draw a load of rice up quite a hill—madeof a board. The unfortunate babies of Africa have very fewplaythings, except what they make traveler did see a rattle-box which a baby could nothave made, as I said was formed of a kind offruit that has a tough rindand hard seeds, by squeezingthe pulp out while green,and leaving the seeds to dryinside the hard skin. The solemn-faced blackbaby shook his toy with as much gravity as our ba-bies shake theirs. Mr. Wood tells of leather dollsmade by the Kaffirs; but they were made for thewhite mans mu-seum, and not for .<..•./,.,;..,,Kaffir children to •--? ?•??.;?,,. .•/..play with. r-, _ ??,• V/V-v/. The girls GREAT - I LITTLE INDIANS AT PLAY. Bug Man, who fastens paper carts to the backs Damaras are fond of dolls; but they like them bestof beetles with bits of wax, and a half-dozen of alive, so they take puppies for the purpose, and VOL. VII.—2. * See St. Nicholas, May, 1875. iS PLAYTHINGS. [November, carry them about tied to their backs, as theirmothers carry babies. The clumsy puppy faceslook funny enough sticking out of the bandages. New-Zealand girls have a still stranger taste;they play baby with little pigs ! They dontneed your sympathy ; they are fond of them, andcarry them about frommorning to night, undertheir mantles. The boysof the same country havetops, and three-corneredkites made of leaves, andthey always sing while thekite flies. Besides, theyplay cats cradle, inwhich they make manymore figures than we do,such as huts, men and , and others. 5|| The Wezee boys playshoot with a gun made toimitate the white mans ?gun. Two pieces of canetied together make thebarrels, the st
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