Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Great Market-day

           

           Again,ifnaturegavethenativesteeth,wasitnotthattheycouldpullouttheupperandlowerincisors,filetheminpoints,andcurvetheminsharpfangslikethefangsofarattlesnake?Ifshehasplacednailsattheendofthefingers,isitnotthattheymaygrowsoimmoderatelythattheuseofthehandisrenderedalmostimpossible?Iftheskin,blackorbrown,coversthehumanframe,isitnotsoastozebraitby"temmbos"ortattooingsrepresentingtrees,birds,crescents,fullmoons,orwavinglines,inwhichLivingstonethoughthecouldtracethedesignsofancientEgypt?Thistattooing,donebyfathers,ispractisedbymeansofabluematterintroducedintotheincisions,andis"stereotyped"pointbypointonthebodiesofthechildren,thusestablishingtowhattribeortowhatfamilytheybelong.Thecoat-of-armsmustbeengravedonthebreast,whenitcannotbepaintedonthepanelofacarriage.

           Sucharethenativefashionsinornament.Inregardtogarmentsproperlysocalled,theyaresummedupveryeasily;forthemen,anapronofantelopeleather,reachingtotheknees,orperhapsapetticoatofastrawmaterialofbrilliantcolors;forthewomen,abeltofpearls,supportingatthehipsagreenpetticoat,embroideredinsilk,ornamentedwithglassbeadsorcoury;sometimestheyweargarmentsmadeof"lambba,"astrawmaterial,blue,black,andyellow,whichismuchprizedbythenativesofZanzibar.

           These,ofcourse,arethenegroesofthebestfamilies.Theothers,merchants,andslaves,areseldomclothed.

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