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Reviews Of New Books ,
tread the settlements of the Arab and the Berber , through the wild hordes of the Tawarek to the negro and semi-negro tribes and the very border of the South African nations , where a constant struggle is going on between Islamism and paganism , where the miseries and cruelties which are the accompaniments of the slave trade present themselves in their most
repulsive forms ; hut where , nCT ^ theless , we find Mqhaiumedari learning engrafted on the simplicity and ignorance of the naked and half naked tribes . The tribes are very different in appearance and dress . Here we find a man dressed in gaudy finery---here of a leathern girdle—bere we meej ; with a girl with firm bosom and rounded legs ; and then again we observe a woman witlrthose horrible deformities ,
hanging breasts and crooked limM Th § finest women in the whole of Negroland , both for slenderness of form , li g htness of colour , and bright eyes , are those belonging to the tribe ofthe B ^ a bad Index , which is not an index to the merits of the book—and , although rather lengthy and too often <^^ are , upon the whole , very well satisfied with these volume Penetrating even to the
mysterious city of ^ ^^ up to us the commercial capabilities of a vast and hitherto undescribed region he has established friendly relations with the most powerfiil chiefs along the river , even up to the gates of that city ; and thoughVas he confesses , there may be much left for future explorers to discover , he has presented a picture of manners and scenery perfectly new to the European woyld . To the general public ,
and more especially to scientific ^ env we caunot too warmly recommend this interesting and beautifully illustrated work . There are many portions of it which , but for their length , we should have wished to quote , particularly the descriptions of native dwellings , and the aspect ofthe city of Timbuktoo , with its clay houses- ^ its conical hut s of matting—its fine mosques—its staple articles of commerce , and its rough , ignorant and
savage inhabitants , among whom our traveller was so long in danger of his life . Gure , the residence of Muniyoma , presents many obj ects of attraction ; as also does Agadeo , which is rendered a place of importance to Europe by its position on the most direct road to Sokoto and that part of Soudan . But we must refer our readers for these details to the work itself , a perusal of which , we are confident , will afford them a vast amount of information and entertainment .
Long Sickness . — -I remember our landlady ' s daughter telling me , soon after the school-mistress came to board with us , that she had lately " buried a pay rent . " That's what made her look so pale—kept the poor sick thing alive with her own blood . Ah ! long illness is the real vampyrism : think of living a year or two after one is dead , by sucking the life-blood out of a frail young creature at one ' s bedside ? Well , souls grow white , as well as cheeks , in these holy duties ; one that goes in a nurse may come out an angel . God bless all good women !—to their aoft hands and pitying hearts we must all come at last ! —Dr . Holmes .
Masonry in the Colonies . —Avery elegant set of jewels , designed by the members of the Harmonic Lodge , St . Thomas ' , West Indies , for their own Lodge , has just been submitted to us . "We have seldom seen anything in better tasto , and we think that great praise is due to the brethren for their cultivation of the elegant arts so amply testified by this example of design . The execution of the work has been entrusted to Bro . Thearle , of Fleet Street , and the jewels have been completed by him with that care and perfection of detail so characteristic of his work generally *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews Of New Books ,
tread the settlements of the Arab and the Berber , through the wild hordes of the Tawarek to the negro and semi-negro tribes and the very border of the South African nations , where a constant struggle is going on between Islamism and paganism , where the miseries and cruelties which are the accompaniments of the slave trade present themselves in their most
repulsive forms ; hut where , nCT ^ theless , we find Mqhaiumedari learning engrafted on the simplicity and ignorance of the naked and half naked tribes . The tribes are very different in appearance and dress . Here we find a man dressed in gaudy finery---here of a leathern girdle—bere we meej ; with a girl with firm bosom and rounded legs ; and then again we observe a woman witlrthose horrible deformities ,
hanging breasts and crooked limM Th § finest women in the whole of Negroland , both for slenderness of form , li g htness of colour , and bright eyes , are those belonging to the tribe ofthe B ^ a bad Index , which is not an index to the merits of the book—and , although rather lengthy and too often <^^ are , upon the whole , very well satisfied with these volume Penetrating even to the
mysterious city of ^ ^^ up to us the commercial capabilities of a vast and hitherto undescribed region he has established friendly relations with the most powerfiil chiefs along the river , even up to the gates of that city ; and thoughVas he confesses , there may be much left for future explorers to discover , he has presented a picture of manners and scenery perfectly new to the European woyld . To the general public ,
and more especially to scientific ^ env we caunot too warmly recommend this interesting and beautifully illustrated work . There are many portions of it which , but for their length , we should have wished to quote , particularly the descriptions of native dwellings , and the aspect ofthe city of Timbuktoo , with its clay houses- ^ its conical hut s of matting—its fine mosques—its staple articles of commerce , and its rough , ignorant and
savage inhabitants , among whom our traveller was so long in danger of his life . Gure , the residence of Muniyoma , presents many obj ects of attraction ; as also does Agadeo , which is rendered a place of importance to Europe by its position on the most direct road to Sokoto and that part of Soudan . But we must refer our readers for these details to the work itself , a perusal of which , we are confident , will afford them a vast amount of information and entertainment .
Long Sickness . — -I remember our landlady ' s daughter telling me , soon after the school-mistress came to board with us , that she had lately " buried a pay rent . " That's what made her look so pale—kept the poor sick thing alive with her own blood . Ah ! long illness is the real vampyrism : think of living a year or two after one is dead , by sucking the life-blood out of a frail young creature at one ' s bedside ? Well , souls grow white , as well as cheeks , in these holy duties ; one that goes in a nurse may come out an angel . God bless all good women !—to their aoft hands and pitying hearts we must all come at last ! —Dr . Holmes .
Masonry in the Colonies . —Avery elegant set of jewels , designed by the members of the Harmonic Lodge , St . Thomas ' , West Indies , for their own Lodge , has just been submitted to us . "We have seldom seen anything in better tasto , and we think that great praise is due to the brethren for their cultivation of the elegant arts so amply testified by this example of design . The execution of the work has been entrusted to Bro . Thearle , of Fleet Street , and the jewels have been completed by him with that care and perfection of detail so characteristic of his work generally *