. Chiefs and cities of Central Africa, across Lake Chad by way of British, French, and German territories. Natural history -- Africa; Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, West -- Description and travel. THROUGH FRENCH UBANGI 57 of two oval rings attached to opposite ends of a short piece of string, which was itself weighted in the centre with a piece of metal. The owner said it was part of a bridle, which it obviously was not, and re- fused to sell it; but Mrs Talbot suggested that it might be an instrument of torture for the ears, as she had seen something similar among other tr
. Chiefs and cities of Central Africa, across Lake Chad by way of British, French, and German territories. Natural history -- Africa; Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, West -- Description and travel. THROUGH FRENCH UBANGI 57 of two oval rings attached to opposite ends of a short piece of string, which was itself weighted in the centre with a piece of metal. The owner said it was part of a bridle, which it obviously was not, and re- fused to sell it; but Mrs Talbot suggested that it might be an instrument of torture for the ears, as she had seen something similar among other tribes. Amongst our purchases was a small loom used for weaving cloth, but this we did not see used. We w^alked back to the boat across the hills, and on our way a mud-coloured snake with a cut- away tail and dark diamond mark- ings struck at one of the boys, who deftly caught it in a cleft stick—fortunately, for it was of a kind to deal death in ten minutes. We had left all in peace, but to peace we did not return, for washerman and cook had fallen out and were engaged in a fight, which we interrupted. Neither of the combatants wished to bring their case into court, but Mr Talbot insisted on sitting on it judicially. Iron, milk, knife, and blow were words that came very frequently into the story, which, how- ever, remained unintelligible to me. Whether Mr Talbot understood the rights of it or not I do not know, but in summing up he refrained from reference to the case in point, and merely gave utterance to biblical maxims about not striking back, and then ended with the assertion that he was master, and reserved to himself all decisions as to right or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Macleod, Olive. Edinburgh, London : W. Blackwood and sons
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