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 .. . , at the same time cracking thejoints of the middle fingers, while in Uguha, on the western side of LakeTanganyika, Mr. Stanley describes the people saluting each other asfollows:—A man appears before a party seated; he bends, takes up abundle of earth or sand with his right hand, and throws a little into hisleft. The left hand rubs the sand or earth over the right elbow and theright side o
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 .. . , at the same time cracking thejoints of the middle fingers, while in Uguha, on the western side of LakeTanganyika, Mr. Stanley describes the people saluting each other asfollows:—A man appears before a party seated; he bends, takes up abundle of earth or sand with his right hand, and throws a little into hisleft. The left hand rubs the sand or earth over the right elbow and theright side of the stomach, while the right hand performs the same opera-tion for the left part of the body, words of salutation being rapidly utteredin the meanwhile. To his inferiors, however, the new-comer slaps hishand several times, and after each slap lightly taps the region of theheart. In like manner, the modes of taking an oath are so very extensive that STANLEY AND THE CONGO. 361 a large space could very profitably be devoted to this interesting phaseof African life. In many tribes on the West Coast the common wayamong blacks to affirm the truth of a statement is, according to Monteiro^ ^:;.n;« YOUNG FETISH MAN OF THE CONGO DISTRICT. to go on their knees, and rub the forefinger of each hand on the ground,and then touch their tongues and foreheads with the dusty tips. AboutLoanda, they make the sign of the Cross on the ground with a finger, for 362 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the same purpose; but this is evidently a remnant of- old missionaryteaching. Titles—the love for them, and the endless variety of designations in-tended to express dignity—might equally be enlarged on, without thesubject being at all exhausted, while the multiplicity of fashions adoptedin dressing their woolly hair, filing their teeth, splitting their ears, orgenerally improving upon nature, will be touched, as far as so extensivea theme admits of, in the chapters which follow. We may, however,note i
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