Africa of to-day . djoined. Dur-ing all the time that the war-dance was going on, thewomen of the tribe kept away at a discreet distance,not daring to come near. Now, however, on its con-clusion, they approached, decked out in all the fineryof the Meru belles, and each with a broad smile on herface, without any bashfulness or timidity, selected a fa-vourite warrior, and a peace ingoma commenced. In thisthe performers made a ring, the men on the outside andthe women on the inside, facing each other. Then, with l6o AFRICA TO-DAY hands on each others shoulders, they commenced an up-and-down motio
Africa of to-day . djoined. Dur-ing all the time that the war-dance was going on, thewomen of the tribe kept away at a discreet distance,not daring to come near. Now, however, on its con-clusion, they approached, decked out in all the fineryof the Meru belles, and each with a broad smile on herface, without any bashfulness or timidity, selected a fa-vourite warrior, and a peace ingoma commenced. In thisthe performers made a ring, the men on the outside andthe women on the inside, facing each other. Then, with l6o AFRICA TO-DAY hands on each others shoulders, they commenced an up-and-down motion, raising themselves on their toes andthen sinking down again on their heels, accompanied by amonotonous chant which was weirdly interrupted nowand then by the beating of the war drum or the savageyell of an excited warrior. . The festivities were keptup throughout the day, nor did they cease at nightfall,as, while I lay awake, far into the night, I could plainlyhear the fiendish sounds of the heathen CHAPTER XI WESTERN AFRICA THIS section presents such a number of states andcolonies, and some of them are so small, yet byno means unimportant, while others are almost conti-nental in size, that it is somewhat difficult to do thesubject full justice within the limits of that small spacewe have assigned to it. Besides, there must almost ofnecessity be some repetition, because such colonies asthose of France, Spain, and other European Powers,while properly included in Western Africa, in realitystretch back into the territory of the Sahara and CentralAfrica. Beginning at the extreme northern and western partsof the section, we shall find that the Spanish colony,Rio d Oro, first engages our attention. Its northernborder, where it adjoins Morocco, has been but recentlydefined; the most northerly point claimed by Spain isCape Bojador. The southern and eastern lines of Riod Oro are clearly determined by the French-Spanishconvention of 1900. As this colony is in reality only ap
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