Identifier: sherbroitshinter00alld (find matches)
Title: The Sherbro and its hinterland
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Alldridge, T. J. (Thomas Joshua), 1847-1916
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Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and Co., limited New York, The Macmillan Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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reduced to the more portable saccharine,,I presented one of the women with a lump. She receivedit and stepped back to join the crowd again. Of course shewas entirely at a loss to know what to do with the sugar,but upon my gesticulating that she should eat it, a shortdiscussion with those around her resulted in her breakingthis one lump up into about forty or fifty pieces, one ofwhich she distributed to each person. Simultaneouslythey raised it to their lips and in the most cautious mannergot the flavour of it, still holding it between their fingers,minute as it was, and ultimately having satisfied them-selves that there was no fetish about it, they consumed itin the most solemn way without a smile upon their faces. Continuing the march, our destination, the large town ofGigbama in Tunkia, was reached about two oclock in theafternoon. This was the town of the prime minister, whoin reality was the principal man of the country, as theparamount chief Pau-La-lama was a very old and infirm
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\To face j>age 173. Fig. 56.—Upper Mendi Chief, wearing Elephant Pad Bangles. XVIII THROUGH THE HINTERLAND 175 man, quite one of the antiquated school who Hked warsand had been long at variance with the Gola tribe. Thisold chief, together with the chiefs of the neighbouringcountries of Subu and Nomor, lived on the right bank ofthe Mano river while the Golas occupied the left, andperpetual fighting was the result. Bulwa was theresidential town of Pau-La-lama and was some ten milesnearer the Mano river; so he had to be sent for and camethe following day. Shortly after my arrival at Gigbama,chief Mendingra came in, and to do honour to me directedhis war-boys to go through the country ceremony of Pulling Kutu, which is a display of sword feats byindividual warriors. A large arena was formed, and the performers took uptheir positions within it. Each warrior commenced bysweeping his sword in a semicircle over the ground in frontof him with a curious flicking action. He then graduallywo

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