. Lake Ngami, or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa . ich is always served hot,either with melted butter or sour milk. Being once on a shooting excursion, our guide took us toa friends house, where we were regaled with the above , as no spoons accompanied it, we felt at a loss how to setto work. On seeing the dilemma we were in, our host quick-ly plunged his greasy fingers into the middle of the steamingmess, and brought out a handfull, which he dashed into themilk. Having stirred it quickly round with all his might, henext o
. Lake Ngami, or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa . ich is always served hot,either with melted butter or sour milk. Being once on a shooting excursion, our guide took us toa friends house, where we were regaled with the above , as no spoons accompanied it, we felt at a loss how to setto work. On seeing the dilemma we were in, our host quick-ly plunged his greasy fingers into the middle of the steamingmess, and brought out a handfull, which he dashed into themilk. Having stirred it quickly round with all his might, henext opened his spacious mouth, in which the agreeable mix-ture vanished as if by magic. He finally licked his fingersand smacked his lips with evident satisfaction, looking at usas much as to say, Thats thetrick, my boys! However un-pleasant this initiation might haveappeared to us, it would have beenungrateful, if not offensive, to re-fuse ; therefore we commenced in , according to example, emptying the dish, and occa-sionally burning our fingers, to the great amusement of ourswarthy friends. -. 198 LOOSE MORALS RULE OF SUCCESSION. Although generally very rich in cattle, and fond of animaldiet, their beasts would seem to be kept rather for show thanfor food. When an ox is killed, the greater portion of theanimal is disposed of by the owner to the neighbors, whogive the produce of their ground in exchange. The morality of the Ovambo is very low, and polygamyis practiced to a great extent. A man may have as manywives as he can afford to keep; but, as with the Damaras,there is always one who is the favorite and the highest inrank. Woman is looked upon as a mere commodity—anarticle of commerce. If the husband be poor, the price of awife is two oxen and one cow; but should his circumstancesbe tolerably flourishing, three oxen and two cows will be ex-pected. The chief, however, is an exception to this his case, the honor of an alliance with him is supposed tobe
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