. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants . ces or tene-ments, each composed of two or three huts, withina square enclosure of reeds matted; the huts arecomposed of the same materials, and consist of twosides and two end pieces, which they call walls,and two other pieces for roofs; so that a house,ready to put together, may be purchased for thesame price as four f
. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants . ces or tene-ments, each composed of two or three huts, withina square enclosure of reeds matted; the huts arecomposed of the same materials, and consist of twosides and two end pieces, which they call walls,and two other pieces for roofs; so that a house,ready to put together, may be purchased for thesame price as four fowls, and in five minutes may 10 f58 CAPTAIN TUCKEYS NARRATIVE. be made ready for occupation; the entrance is by^a square door in one of the sides, just large enough,to crawl in at, and opposite to it is a window; bothof which openings are closed at night with shuttersof the same fabric as the walls. The Chenoos tene-ment differs in no other respect from the commonones, than in containing one large apartment, a littlebetter lighted and aired, and in being surrounded bya double fence, forming a succession of outer and in-ner courts; of which the sketch underneath willgive a sufficiently just idea. 3w—Buuiua^. -^ 1^ (fi its fiifi,#* ^.^-ts: ^ aV 4> n\ k t?» ^4% It;. iiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiutltiillllllliliiiiliiiilllillllliiilllllUililllilllUiltllllliniiiila a. The grand entrance, being an opening in the outer fence about three feet high. b. The audience The womens The grand Huts. /. Heap of stones for Fetiche. gg. Fences or screens. hh. Young trees inside the outer fence. CAPTAIN TUCKEYS NARRATIVE. 159 Besides a large heap of common stones oppositethe grand entrance of the Chenoos tenement, afetiche was seen in every hole and corner, consist-ing of sculptured figures in wood and stone, oneexactly resembling the figures we see in Englandof Bacchus astride on a barrel, with the additionof a long pipe in his mout
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