. 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 . (1.) THE CEltEMONY OF MPAZA. (See page 479.). (2.) OBONGO MARKET. (See page 488.)(478) MTAZA, OR TWIN CEREMONIES. 479 The usual form of a village is a singlestreet, of great length, and sometimes ex-ceedingly wide. The street of one villagewas fully a hundred yards in width, and waskept so neatly that not a single weed was tobe seen in it, — a really remarkable factwhen we remember the exceeding r
. 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 . (1.) THE CEltEMONY OF MPAZA. (See page 479.). (2.) OBONGO MARKET. (See page 488.)(478) MTAZA, OR TWIN CEREMONIES. 479 The usual form of a village is a singlestreet, of great length, and sometimes ex-ceedingly wide. The street of one villagewas fully a hundred yards in width, and waskept so neatly that not a single weed was tobe seen in it, — a really remarkable factwhen we remember the exceeding rapiditywith which vegetation grows in this coun-try. Each village has at least one palaver-house, while many have several. The p,a-laver-house is more of a slied than a house,and consists ehielly of a roof and the postswhich support it. In this house the menmeet daily, to smoke, to hold trials, to re-ceive strangers, and to indulge in that in-terminable gossip of which a relic still existsin the discoorsing of Ireland. Tliere is also a temple, or Mbuiti house,in which a kind of religious service is held,and which always contains a large woodenidol, which the people hold in great rev-erence. Tlie proceedings within this edificewill be p
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