The Republic of Liberia . ,andvisible sign of membership consisting in a complicatedcicatrized pattern on the chest and back. This is pro-duced by passing a steel hook under the skin andpulling up a piece of the outer integument, the morselthus raised being nicked with a knife and treated withcertain acid juices resulting in permanent raised pro-tuberances. The assumption of the sign of membershipof the Devil Society is, therefore, a most painfulordeal. The Mpesses offer charming and kindly hospitalityto traders and travellers, and, unlike the Krus and theirallied tribes, never take advantage
The Republic of Liberia . ,andvisible sign of membership consisting in a complicatedcicatrized pattern on the chest and back. This is pro-duced by passing a steel hook under the skin andpulling up a piece of the outer integument, the morselthus raised being nicked with a knife and treated withcertain acid juices resulting in permanent raised pro-tuberances. The assumption of the sign of membershipof the Devil Society is, therefore, a most painfulordeal. The Mpesses offer charming and kindly hospitalityto traders and travellers, and, unlike the Krus and theirallied tribes, never take advantage of an unarmedstranger. They are musical, and possess a number ofwell-made instruments, among which may be mentioneda harp which they play with most pleasing effect, aspecies of flute, or perhaps more correctly a Pans pipe,also a xylophone, constructed on the same principleas the Kaffir Piano of South-East Africa, by layinga number of pieces of dry wood of varying lengthsacross two supports, and tapping them with a
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