CHAPTER IX.

TURTLE-DOVES. — DESERTION OF BLACK SOLDIERS AND PURSUIT OF THEM.

— INTERVIEW WITH NATIVE WOMEN. — GIGANTIC STATURE OF THE KÈKS. —

THEIR PASSION FOR GLASS BEADS. — FEÏZULLA CAPITAN’S QUARREL WITH

A SUBALTERN OFFICER. — SYLVESTER’S EVE. — A “HAPPY NEW YEAR.” —

VILLAGE OF BONN. — WANT OF SHADE IN THE FORESTS. — CURIOUS

TATOOING AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES. — A WOMAN’S VILLAGE. —

MODESTY OF THE WOMEN. — MEAT BROTH. — REPORT OF HOSTILE

INTENTIONS OF NEGROES. — FRENCH EXPEDITION TO EGYPT UNDER

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