. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XXV.] COIMBRA AN UNMITIGATED RUFFIAN. 325 kinky, and his almost beardless face, where not covered with tilth, was of a dirty yellow color. Even had he not been always in a half-drunken state, his blood-shot eye would have told the tale of debauchery. In short, he was, true to his appearance, an unmitigated ruffian. Alvez, his employer, was not behind in begging for small things, besides the promised rifle, which he said he particularly January, wanted to get poss
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XXV.] COIMBRA AN UNMITIGATED RUFFIAN. 325 kinky, and his almost beardless face, where not covered with tilth, was of a dirty yellow color. Even had he not been always in a half-drunken state, his blood-shot eye would have told the tale of debauchery. In short, he was, true to his appearance, an unmitigated ruffian. Alvez, his employer, was not behind in begging for small things, besides the promised rifle, which he said he particularly January, wanted to get possession of at once, in order to j)rove the ex- istence of the agreement between ns. After constant appeals made on this ground, I allowed him to have it, hoping that he might be induced to settle quickly with Kasongo, and start away without further delay when he saw I was inclined to treat him generously. Kasongo's arrival was not the signal for our speedy depart- ure, as I had hoped. After seeing me and my wonders, he be- gan Ijegging for all I possessed—my own guns, hat, boots, pis- tols, books — in fact, every thing new to him he fancied and asked for, and was so very persistent and difficult a beggar to. 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 Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894; Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. New York : Harper & Bros.
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