. My Apingi kingdom : with life in the great Sahara, and sketches of the chase of the ostrich, hyena, &c. . to learn the resources of the country; seewhat the people could do, what they manufactured, and-what the agricultural productions were, and thus be-come acquainted with the sort of commerce to which thecountry was best adapted. I must explore the forests tofind out what precious woods they contained, and if wecould obtain valuable gums and minerals for our was arranged that I with a large retinueof followers. My procession was t^ be headed by a bandof more than on
. My Apingi kingdom : with life in the great Sahara, and sketches of the chase of the ostrich, hyena, &c. . to learn the resources of the country; seewhat the people could do, what they manufactured, and-what the agricultural productions were, and thus be-come acquainted with the sort of commerce to which thecountry was best adapted. I must explore the forests tofind out what precious woods they contained, and if wecould obtain valuable gums and minerals for our was arranged that I with a large retinueof followers. My procession was t^ be headed by a bandof more than one hundred horn-men. The natives arevery fond of blowing these horns, and many of themhave been handed down from father to son for severalgenerations. They are from one to two feet in length,and are made of the horns of an antelope called the kam-bi. Tlie kambi is a species of antelope, of a gray color, APPEAMANVE OF THE HORX-MEX. 45 Q^>: J ;r with wliitibh stripes on thesides. The full-grown spec-imens arc almost as largeas a cow. The business ofthe horn-men -vias to soundthe horn \\henc\er wc a])-. TUK liLOWlNU OF KAMBI U0EN8. proached a village, in order to let the people know I wascoming. All the horn-men were painted with yellow,red, and , and covered with their himself was to be followed by almost all hissons and many of his wives. They also were all coveredwith fetiches, and all invoked the Spirit of the Alumbito be with them, Remandji insisted tliat I -should take my splendid 46 MY APIXGl KINGDOM. housekeeper with me, whose likeness you saw in my lastvolume. For, said he, she must take care of you ;she has nothing else to do but to get your food ready, towatch over you, to drive the flies away during your sleep,to fetch water for you, and to scratch your head whenyou want it done. I did not like the insinuation in thelast part of Remandjis speech, and I said to him, Youknow very well that I have nothing on my head. But you know, replied Re
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