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 .. . is distinguished by the twoornaments which she wears. On her forehead is a circular piece of hide,kneaded while wet so as to form a shallow cone. The inside of this coneis entirely covered with beads, mostly white, and scarlet in the her neck is another ornament, which is valued very highly. It is thebase of a shell, a species of conus—the whole of which has been groundaway exce
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 .. . is distinguished by the twoornaments which she wears. On her forehead is a circular piece of hide,kneaded while wet so as to form a shallow cone. The inside of this coneis entirely covered with beads, mostly white, and scarlet in the her neck is another ornament, which is valued very highly. It is thebase of a shell, a species of conus—the whole of which has been groundaway except the base. This ornament is thought so valuable that whenthe great chief Shinte presented Dr. Livingstone with one, he tookthe precaution of coming alone, and carefully closing the tent door,so that none of his people should witness an act of such extravagantgenerosity. VVHite People Better liooking- tlian Supposed. This lady was good enough to express her opinion of the white trav-ellers. They were not so ugly, said she, as she had expected. All thathair on their heads and faces was certainly disagreeable, but their faceswere pleasant enough, and their hands were well formed, but the great de-. (95) 96 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. feet in them was, that they had no toes. The worthy lady had never heardof boots, and evidently considered them as analogous to the hoof of cat-tle. It was found necessary to remove the boots, and convince her thatthe white man really had toes. The Makololo have plenty of amusements after their own fashion^which is certainly not that of an American. Even those who have livedamong them for some time, and have acknowledged that they are amongthe most favorable specimens of African heathendom, have been utterlydisgusted and wearied with the life which they had to lead. There is noquiet and no repose day or night, and Dr. Livingstone, who might be ex-pected to be thoroughly hardened against annoyance by trifles, statesbroadly that the dancing, singing, ro
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