Ten years in Equatoria; . hat the apparatus should be fixed to trees whereavailable, and skilfully hidden with shrubs, and the like. Thedivision of the booty, after the hunt, is regulated by customs thatare as rigorous in their application as laws. The king has a rightto the choice of one of the tusks, the feet, and the trunk. In casethe animal has only one tusk, this belongs to the Sovereign. Ivoiy constitutes one of the riches of princes : powerful is thatking who has vast magazines full of the precious production. Jacoda, chief of the Maigo, has the enclosure of his royal resi-dence surroun
Ten years in Equatoria; . hat the apparatus should be fixed to trees whereavailable, and skilfully hidden with shrubs, and the like. Thedivision of the booty, after the hunt, is regulated by customs thatare as rigorous in their application as laws. The king has a rightto the choice of one of the tusks, the feet, and the trunk. In casethe animal has only one tusk, this belongs to the Sovereign. Ivoiy constitutes one of the riches of princes : powerful is thatking who has vast magazines full of the precious production. Jacoda, chief of the Maigo, has the enclosure of his royal resi-dence surrounded with pales of colossal elephants tusks ; Azangaadorns the doors of his habitation with ivory. Minor princes coming G 98 TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA. to render reverential homage to a great king, are accustomed tolay before him pieces of ivory, valuable from their size, colour, orbrilliancy of surface. Ivory is also used for artistic works; with the largest piecesthey make trombones, with a small oblong opening at the lower. THE , AN ELEPHANT TRAP. end. The sound of this instrument, called nemhrossc, is similar tothe trumpeting of an elephant. A smaller horn, used by theinferior chiefs, is adapted to the chase and to announce the arrivalof great personages. The Mambettu call it nanibongo, and theSandeh nhaia. These last do not use the ncmhrosse. They also make elegant mortars, which are used to crush seeds
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