. 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 . o celebrate the So-Sin Custom, and it is impossible to read theaccounts of the whole proceeding withoutbeing struck with the ingenuity by whichthe negro has pressed into the service ofbarbartsm everything European that he canlay his hands upon, while he has invariablymanaged thereby to make the rites ludicrousinstead of imposing. First came a long line of chiefs, distin-guished by their flags and
. 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 . o celebrate the So-Sin Custom, and it is impossible to read theaccounts of the whole proceeding withoutbeing struck with the ingenuity by whichthe negro has pressed into the service ofbarbartsm everything European that he canlay his hands upon, while he has invariablymanaged thereby to make the rites ludicrousinstead of imposing. First came a long line of chiefs, distin-guished by their flags and umbrellas, and,after marcliing once round the large spaceor square, they crossed over and formeda line of umbrellas opposite the came the royal procession itself,headed by skirmishers and led by a mancarrying one of the skull-topped these came some five hundred nnis-keteers, and behind them marched twomen carrying large leathern .shields paintedwhite, and decorated with a pattern in are highly valued, as remnants of theold times when shields were used in war-fare, and were accompanied by a guard oftall negroes, wearing brass helmets andblack (^0 THfc KINUS DANCE. (See page (576j THE CUSTOMS. 577 Next came the Kafo, or emblem of roy-alty, namely, au iron fetish-stick enclosedin a white linen case, topped with a whiteplume; and after the Kafo came the king,riding under the shade of four white um-brellas, and further sheltered from the sunby three parasols, yellow, purple, and bluishred. These were waved over him so as toact as fans. After the king was borne the great fetishaxe, followed by the band, a noisy assem-blage of performers on drums, rattles, trum-pets, cymbals, and similar instruments. Twospecimens of ivory trumpets, with variousstrange devices elaborately carved, are rep-resented in an engraving on the 558th right-hand trumpet has a crucifiedfigure on it. Lastly came a crowd of slavesladen with chairs,
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