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Title: 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. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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he grand feastwith which they are expected to entertaina vast number of guests. Some of themgo off and busy themselves in hunting ele-phants, smoking and drying the llesh, andpreserving the tusks for sale. Others pre-pare large quantities of manioc bread andplantains, while others find a congenialoccupation in brewing great quantities ofpalm wine. Hunters are also engaged forthe purpose of keeping up the supply ofmeat. When the day is fixed, all the inhabitantsof the village assemble, and the bride ishanded over to her husband, who hasalready paid her price. Both are, of course,dressed in their very best. The bridewears, as is the custom among unmarriedfemales, nothing but red paint and as manyornaments as she can manage to procure.Her hair is decorated with great quantitiesof white beads, and her wrists and anklesare hidden under a profusion of brass andcopper rings. The bridegroom oils his bodyuntil his skin shines like a mirror, blackensand polishes his well-filed teeth, adorns his
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(1.) ATTACK ON A MPONGWE VILLAGE. (See page 536.)

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