. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . In the backlands, where chiefsare powerful, and happy in the possessionof many wives, young and old, the proudhusband comes to a palaver attended by 333 334 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS a dozen or so of his junior spouses ; eachcarries some article for his use, one hissword, another his snuff-box,and so on ; and they vie withone another in paying himattention (0 si sic omncs).apart, their Beauties ofthe Back-lands. Ornamentsattire would not fetch inthe pawTishop the priceof a bottle of gingerbeer; but
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . In the backlands, where chiefsare powerful, and happy in the possessionof many wives, young and old, the proudhusband comes to a palaver attended by 333 334 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS a dozen or so of his junior spouses ; eachcarries some article for his use, one hissword, another his snuff-box,and so on ; and they vie withone another in paying himattention (0 si sic omncs).apart, their Beauties ofthe Back-lands. Ornamentsattire would not fetch inthe pawTishop the priceof a bottle of gingerbeer; but they make upfor it by the satiny sheenof their comely blacklimbs, polished perhapswith oil, and delightfullycool and velvety to thesight and touch. Un-adorned, however, theycertainly are not ; bar-baric silver chains andheavy plaques of thesame metal hang looselyon them and give fortha metallic clang as theywalk; five or six leopardsteeth strung on a cordpress tightly on theirebony necks; and fromwrist to elbow their armsare covered in the well-known African style, withmassive silver armlets. %. But it would be unfairto suggest that the African woman onlylooks well, or looks her Charm when she is, according to Euro-Dress, pean ideas, unclothed. Clad inthe products of native looms,especially if she belongs to the betterclasses, the black woman may be verycharming, as Mr. Norman Hardys pictureof A K^abinda Lady shows, and forthose who are inured or indifferent to thecolour of her skin may rival or surpassher fairer sister. ]\Ir. AUdridge was by nomeans indifferent to the charming picturepresented by a small native girl, clothedthough she was. One of the pictures thatrecurred to his imagination most vividlvwas that of a fruit-seller, a dot of a girl in a loose blouse and white muslin garmentwith coral earrings in her ears ; she wasthe prettiest httle creature imaginable. To depict or describe any considerableproportion of the swarming peoples of the\\estern coast of Afric
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