This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... huts and granaries of the Mashona--a feature of Mashonaland. These badly-made huts on bare granite are the result of Matabele raids. A man builds a home as a temporary residence, for to-morrow the Matabele may burn it down. As it is you may wander in toilsome manner to a village and find no trace of life. They are hiding in the neighbourhood on other kopjes which have no huts but give them shelter. They are a strange people with distinct characteristics more pronounced amongst the men. Everywhere you see Eurasian features. Many a handsome profile enhanced by the gloomy expression of sorrow. These men are remnants of a nation that has constantly been raided, and seen their women, children and cattle carried off and their comrades slaughtered. They owe their lives to fleetness of foot or skill in hiding, but it has given its indelible stamp of bondage to the faces around you. It is the Arab physiognomy without the bold independent air. The pickaninnis are the happiest, they skip about the granite slopes like mountain goats. They are the first to make friends with us and come down from the rocks and follow us as we go north. Men and women come out of their hiding and join the procession. They soon perceive that, though armed, we are not raiders, and apparently by their astonishment have seen nothing of white men or horses. ' On observance we find the horse is the attraction, and a prick of the spur or a plunge of the horse is greeted with a shout and gesticulation. The ordinary feat of mounting and dismounting is watched for with the keenness of a Derby finish--no money on it, either! Even Father Hartmann "chucks a chest" for their appreciation of his performance; and up to now he has had to put up with the eye critical--here is...
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- Paperback
- 189 x 246 x 2mm | 95g
- 13 Sep 2013
- Rarebooksclub.com
- English
- Illustrations, black and white
- 1130554171
- 9781130554175
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