Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . The audience is seated on the ground,each man havingbefore him his war-club. Many were adorned with tiger-skins and tails,and had plumes of feathers waving on their heads. In the centre a suffi-cient space was left for the privileged—those who had killed an enemyin battle—to dance and sing, in which they exhibited the most violentand fantastic gestures conceivable, which drew forth from the
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . The audience is seated on the ground,each man havingbefore him his war-club. Many were adorned with tiger-skins and tails,and had plumes of feathers waving on their heads. In the centre a suffi-cient space was left for the privileged—those who had killed an enemyin battle—to dance and sing, in which they exhibited the most violentand fantastic gestures conceivable, which drew forth from the spectatorsthe most clamorous applause. When they retire to their seats, the speaker commences by command-ing silence. Be silent, ye Batlapis, be silent, ye Barolongs, addressingeach tribe distinctly, not excepting the white people, if any happen to bepresent, and to which each responds with a groan. He then takes fromhis shield a spear, and points it in the direction in which the enemy isadvancing, imprecating a curse upon them, and thus declaring war by re-peatedly thrusting his spear in that direction, as if plunging it into anenemy. This receives a loud whistling sound of applause. He next. (53) 54 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. directs his spear toward the Bushman country, south and southwest,imprecating also a curse on those ox-eaters, as they are called. The king, on this, as on all similar occasions, introduced the businessof the day by Ye sons of Molchabanque —viewing all the influentialmen present as the friends or allies of his kingdom, which rose to morethan its former eminence under the reign of that monarch, his father— the Mantatees are a strong and victorious people; they have over-whelmed many nations, and they are approaching to destroy us. Wehave been apprised of their manners, their deeds, their weapons, and theirintentions! We cannot stand against the Mantatees; we must nowconcert, conclude, and be determined to stand. Tlirilling War-Song^s. The case is a
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