Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-01
Gbe Antt GIoucrp Buole.
bR. LlvINGsroN's EXPLORATIONS.

At a recent meeting of the geographical section
of the British Association, an interesting paper
vas road from Dir. Livingstone giving account
OF bis discoveries in Africa, from which the fol
lowing 10 an extract.
In the upper part Of the Lower Shire in the
Highlands and in the yallies of the Lower Shire,
there is q somewhat numerous population. The
people generally live in villages and in hamlets
near them. Each village has its own chief, and
the chiefs in given territory have head chief to
whom they owe some sort of allegiance. The par-
amount chief Of ono portion of the Upper Shire
is woman. The sites Of their villages are select,
ed, for the most part with judgmsnt and good
taste. stream spring is near, and pleasant
shade trees grow in aud around the place. Near
ly every village is surrounded by thick high
hedge of the poisonous euphorba. During the
greater part Of the year the inhabitants could see
an enemy through the hedge, while he would find
it difficult matter to see them. By shooting their
already poisoned arrows through the tender branch
'es, they get smearcd with the poisonous milky
juice, and nfct most painful if not fatal wounds
Tho constant dripping Of the juice cf the bruis-
ed branches prevents the enemy from attempting
to force their way through the hedge. as it des.
troys the eyesisht. The huts are large stronger
built, With higher and more graceful roofs than
any we have seen on the Zlmbesi Many of tho
men are very intelligent looking, with high fore
heads and we'll shaped heads. They show singu.
lar taste in the astonishngy varied styles in
which their hair is arranged. Their bead neck
laces really pretty specimens of work Many
have the upper and middle as well as the lower
part Of the ear bored and have from three to five
rings in each The hole in the lGbe Of the ear
is large enough to admit ones finger, and some
wear piece Of bamboo about an inch long in it..
Brass and iron bracelets ela5orately figured, are
seen and some Of the men sport from two to
eight brass rings on each finger, and oven the
thumbs are rot spared. They wear copper, brass
and iron rings on their legs and arms and maay
have their front teeth notched. ind some fle them
till they resemble the teeth Of a saw The upper
lip ring of the women give them a revolving ap
pearance /; it is universally worn in tho highlands.
"a F9ncturc is made high up in the lip and it is
gradually enlarged until the pelele can be in ,cr
ed. Some very large. Oae we measured
caused the lip to project two inches beyond the
tip of the nose when the lady smiled the con
traction Of the muscles elevated it the eyes
why do the women wear these things ? the
cradle chief was asked. Evidently surprised at
such a stupid question, he replied For beauty
They the only beautiful things women have;
men have bear!s, women have none. What kind
of person would she DC without the pclce ? She
would not be a woman at all with a mouth like q
man, but no beard
They seem to be an industrious race Iron is
dug out Of the hills and every village has one or
two smelling houses and from their own native
iron they make excellent hoes axes, spears, knives
arrow-heads, &c. They make also round baskots
Of various sizes, and earhcn pots, which they
ornament with plumbago, said to be found in the
Hill Country. though We could not learn exactly
where, nor in what quantities the only specimen
We obtained was not pure. AT every fishing viii
lnge on the banks of the River, Shire men were
busy spinning buaze, and making large fishing
nets from it; and from Cbibasis to the lake, in
every village, almost, we saw men cleaning and
spinning cotton. while others were weaving it in
to strong cloth, in looms of the simplest coustruc
ton, all the processes being excessively slow This
Is great c0ttop-growing country. The cotton is
of two kinds--TJnj manga or foreign cotton and
Toni cadji,' or native cotton. The former is of
good quality, with a staple Of from threequarters
to an inch in length. 1t is perennial requiring to
be replanted only once in three years. The ma
tive cotton is planted every year in the higl lands
is Of short staple, and feels more like wool than
cotton. Every family appears to own a cotton
patch, which is kept clear Of weeds and grass.
We saw the foreign growing at the lake. and in
various places for thirty miles below the cataracts
on the Lower Shire. Although the native cotton
requires to be planted annually, in the highlands
the people prefer 1t because they say it makes the
stronger cloth. 1t was remarked to q unmber of
intelligent natives near the Shire lakelet you
should plant plenty of cotton, and perhaps the
English will come soon and buy it, Surely the
country is full of cotton said elderly man, who
was q trader and travelled much. Our own obser-
Vations convinced us of this statement. Every.
where we saw il. Cotton patches of from two to
three acres were seen abreast of the cataracts dur.
ing the first trip, when Lake Tamandua was dis.
covered, though in this journey, on a different
routc, none we're observed of moro than half an
acre. They usually contain Gbout quarter of an
acre each. There are extensive tracts on the level
plains of both the Lower and Upper Shire, where
,at exhudes from the soil. Sea island cotton
hight grow we'll there. as on these the foreign
cotton becomes longer in the staple. The cotton
growers here never have their crops cut off by
rosts. There are none. Both kinds Of cotton
equire but little labor none Of that severe toll
'equisite in the United States. The reoplo are
great cultivators of the SOIL and it repays them
we'll. They grow lassaver in large quantities,
preparing ridges for it from three to four feet
vide, and about foot high. They also raise
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weet potatoes, yams, ground nuts, pumpkin, to,
,acco, and Indian hemp, Near Lake Nyassa we /
aw indigo seven feet high. G
Orr, Of South Carolina, is in favor of disso- '