. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . hich holds a knife for the man and a pii)efor the woman. Clothing is to them a posi-tive infliction, and Captain Burton remarksthat, even at an elevation of ten thousand feetabove the sea, he otlered the Bubes blankets,but they would not have them, though theyfound the warmth of the fire acceptable tothem. They have a legend which explains theirnudity. Many years ago a Mpongwe ma-gician made fetis
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . hich holds a knife for the man and a pii)efor the woman. Clothing is to them a posi-tive infliction, and Captain Burton remarksthat, even at an elevation of ten thousand feetabove the sea, he otlered the Bubes blankets,but they would not have them, though theyfound the warmth of the fire acceptable tothem. They have a legend which explains theirnudity. Many years ago a Mpongwe ma-gician made fetish upon his great war spear,and killed numbers of them, so that they then made a law that the Bube shouldwear no clothing until they had conqueredthe Mpongwe, and that law they have keptto the present day. Taken as a savage, the Bube is a wonder-fully good specimen. He is very industrious,laying out yam fields and farms at some dis-tance froni his house, in order to preventhis domestic animals from straying into it,and he is the best palm-wine maker inWestern Africa. He neither will be a slavehimself nor keep slaves, preferring to workfor himself; and, after working bard at his tOlO). •- 5P
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