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 .. . eezee boys are amusing little fellows, and have quite a talentfor games. Of course they imitate the pursuits of their fathers, such asshooting with small bows and arrows, jumping over sticks at variousheights, pretending to shoot game, and other amusements. Some of theelder lads convert their play into reality, by making their bows andarrows large enough to kill the pigeons and other birds
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 .. . eezee boys are amusing little fellows, and have quite a talentfor games. Of course they imitate the pursuits of their fathers, such asshooting with small bows and arrows, jumping over sticks at variousheights, pretending to shoot game, and other amusements. Some of theelder lads convert their play into reality, by making their bows andarrows large enough to kill the pigeons and other birds which fly aboutthem. They also make very creditable imitations of the white mansgun, tying two pieces of cane together for the barrels, modelling thestock, hammer, and trigger-guard out of clay, and imitating the smoke by WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES. 555 tufts of cotton wool. That they are kind-hearted boys is evident fromthe fact that they have tame birds in cages, and spend much time inteaching them to sing. The Wanyamuezi treat the Watusi with great respect. When twopeople of these tribes meet, the former presses his hands together, theWatusi uttering a few words in a low voice. If a Watusi man meets a. YOUNG WEEZEE SHOOTING PIGEONS. woman of his own tribe, she lets her arms fall by her side, while he gentlypresses them below the shoulders, looking affectionately in her face. The class of Arabs met with were a most degraded set : instead ofimproving the country, they brought ruin upon it by their imperiousnessand cruelty. All traded in slaves and generally treated them mostharshly* Several gangs were met with in chains. Each slave was dressed 556 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. in a single goats skin, and at night they kept themselves warm by lying;near a fire. Never, by day or night, is the chain unfastened ; should oneof them require to move, the whole must accompany All boiled sweet potato, or the leaves of the pumpkin plant, andwere kept in poor condition to prevent
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