Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-01-13

or CRAFTY the electric passions with which his sou
2 seems charged to bursting.
1t is an interesting task to travel through a con
: lnent hiIed with such PEOPLE, whose minds arr
lust beginning, here and there, to EN- rye from thu
,iIest heathenism, and to glimmer with faith tha
bears wrapped in is unfUlded leaves the seeds Of
/, modified civilization.
limbo lies on rolling plain. North of it q
lofty mountain range rises at the distance of ten
or hfteen miles, and sweeps eastwardy to the hor-
izon. The landscape, which declines from these
slopes to the south, is in many places bare yet
hclds Of plentiful cuitivation groves Of cotton
wood tamarnd and oak. tiickets Of slruLbery
ana frequent villages, stud its suriacc and impart
an air Vi rural comfort TO the picturesque scene
81 on rronos cd callcr with my African kin
area over the neighborhccd; and ono fine NOM
ing, Hiirr a plentiful breakfast Of stewed fowls,
boiled to rags with rice, and seasoned with deli
cous ''raloyra sauce" we canterod off to the dis.
tant villages As we al preached lie first brock,
! but before the fringe of screening bushes was
passed, our cayacadc drew rein abruptlv. while
Ahma!-le-Belah cried out, strangers are com
/ ihS lew muments after, as we slowly crossed
! thc stream, noticed several women croncheJ in
the Underwood, having fed from the bath. This
warning is universally given, and enforced by law
I to guard the proudest of Tie gcntler SEX
IN nan an hour we reached the first suburban
village; INT fame had preceded us with my char
acter, and as the settlement was cultivated either
NY seris or negroes liable to be made so we found
thc houses bare. The poor wretches had learned
on the day of my reception, hat the principal OBJ
IJect oi my journey was to obtain slaves, and OF
course they imagined that the only ol iec of my TO-
ray in the ree| olhotd was to seize tie gang and
bear It abroad into bondage. Accordingly We tar
rled only few minutes in Findo and dashed eff
to Furo; but here, too, the blacks had been panic
'trnck and escaped hurricdly that they left their
pots OF rice vegetables and meat boiling in their
sheds. Euro was absolutely stripped of rhabit-
ants the veteran chief of tie village did not re-
main 70 do the honors fer his affrighted brethren
Ahmah-de-Bellah laughed heartily at the terror
inspired; but | confess | could not help feeling
sadly mortified when | found my presence stunned
us a pcstionte.
Tic native villages through which I PASSED or
tins excursion manifested the great comfort in
which these Africans live throughout their prolific
land, when uLassailed 10y the desoating wars that
are kept UP for the slave trade 1t was the height
Of :he dry season, when everything was parched
by the sun, yet could trace the outlines Of fine
plantations, gardens and rice fields. Everywhere
found abundance of peppers, onions, garlic, to-
matoes sweet potatoes and caVassa while tasteful
fences were garlanded with immense vines and
flowers. Fowls, goats, sheep, and oxen, stalked
about in innumerable focks. and from every dom
icil depended a paper, inscribed with charm
from the Koran to keep off thieves and witches.
My walks through limbo were promoted by the
efforts Of my entertainers to shield me from intru-
siye e'-c'osty. VIII never sailed forth two towns
folk in authority were sent forward to warn the
public that the Furtoo desired to promenade with
out mob at his heels. These lusty criers sta
toned themselves at the corners with an iltn tr-
angle, witch they ratified to cnll attention to the
kings command, and in n short time the high |
ways were so clear of ntonle who feared LGS5i |
nadc, that found my loneliness rather disagree.
able than otherwise. ErcrY person su,r stained
me. When called the children or little girls they
fed from ne. My reputation rs SLAYER in the |
village, and the fear of lash in the town, fur
nished me much moro solictude than is generally
agreeable to n sensitive traveller
Toward niglNf,Il | left my companons, and
wrapped myself closely in Mardngo dress, stole
away through hy-ways to a brook which runs by
the town walls. Thithcr the females resort at
sunset to draw water; and choosing screened
situation, where | would net lie observed, watch
ed for more than an hour the graceful children
girls and women Of Timhoo, as they performed
this domestic task Of eastern lands.
was particularly impressed by the general
beauty of the sex. who in many respects resem
bled the Moor rather than the negro. Unaware Of
a strangers presence, they cane forth as usual.
in simple dress, which covers their body from
waist to knee, and leaves the rest Of the figure en-
tirely naked. Group after group gathered togeth-
lr on the bank Of TIE stream in tie slanting sun
light and lcngIhening shadows cf the lain. Some
rested on their pitchers ard water vessels: some
'hatted and leaned on each o,her gracefully lis
ened to the chat Of friends some stooLCd to fill
heir jars others lifted the trimming vessels to
heir sisters shoulders, while others strode hcmo-
ward singing, with their charged utensils poised
IN head or hand. Their slow, stately, swinging
movement under the burden was grace that might
le envied on Spanish paSeo | do not think the
orms of these Fulla girls-with their complexiors
II freshest bronze-are exceeded in symmetry hy |
ne women of any other country. There was n
slender delicacy of limb, waist, neck, hand, foot
md bosom, which seemed to be the type that
moulded every enc Of them. | saw none of the
ranging breasts the fat, extended nostrils: the
woen lips and fllet-like foreheads that character
&c the SOosoes and their sisters of the coast
None were detOrmed, were any marked by
races of disease. / may observe moreoy or, that II
he male Fullahs of limbo are impress ed on nv
memory by beauty of form which almost equals
hat of the women; and in fact, the only fault ]
uund with them was their min ute resemblance to
he female delicacy Of the other sex. They made
p, however, in courage, what they lacked in form,
or their manly spirit has made them renowned
mong all the tribes they have SO long controlled i
y distinguished bravery and perseverance. 5
The patriarchal landscape By the brook, with +
he Oriental girls over their water, jars, and the t
owing cattle in the pastures, brought freshly to q
lin many n Bible scene | heard my mother read 5
rhen / was a boy at home and | do not know t
that revolution might have been wrought on my v
pirit had not suddenly become critical.