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 .. . Theywere now accompanied by their Portuguese friends, the Londa people^who inhabit the banks of theLoajima. They elaborately dress their hair in a number of ways. It naturallyhangs down on their shoulders in large masses, which, with their generalfeatures, gives them a strong resemblance to the ancient of them adorn their heads with ornaments of woven hair and hide,,to which
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 .. . Theywere now accompanied by their Portuguese friends, the Londa people^who inhabit the banks of theLoajima. They elaborately dress their hair in a number of ways. It naturallyhangs down on their shoulders in large masses, which, with their generalfeatures, gives them a strong resemblance to the ancient of them adorn their heads with ornaments of woven hair and hide,,to which they occasionally suspend the tails of buffaloes. Another fash-ion is to weave the hair on pieces of hide in the form of buffalo horns,projecting on either side of the head. The young men twine their hairin the form of horns projecting in different directions. They frequentlytattoo their bodies, producing figures in the form of stars. Althoughtheir heads are thus elaborately adorned, their bodies are almost destituteof clothing. STRANGE PLACES AND PEOPLES. 131 Reaching Calongo, Livingstone directed his course towards the terri-tory of his old friend, Katema. They were generally well received at the. BEAUTIFUL ZEBRAS OF AFRICA. villages. On the 2nd of June they reached that of Kanawa. This chief,whose village consisted of forty or fifty huts, at first treated them very 132 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. politely, but he took it into his head to demand an ox as tribute. On theirrefasing it, Kanawa ordered his people to arm. On this, Livingstonedirected his Makololo to commence the march. Some did so withalacrity, but one of them refused, and was preparing to fire at Kanawa,when the doctor, giving him a blow with his pistol, made him go had already reached the banks of the river when they found thatKanawa had sent on ahead to carry off all the canoes. The ferrymensupposing that the travellers were unable to navigate the canoes, left them,unprotected, on the bank. As soon as it w
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