New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-28

the wemen look after the oxen, cows, horees,
sheep, and goats and take care Oh the houso anu
it's concerns- Rye, wheat oar ey' aDa iuu' :"
corn grow in great abundance, and are 40 cheip
that more than cane e load of rye or barley can
be bought for dollar. The clma'e ls usua'y
beautiful and healthy. The average temperature
il $50. the mercury seldom rising above zoo, or
falling below 56o. The vast and noble plains,
which the Calais inhabt are verdant almost all the
wear round, and afford tournament to immense
herds Of cattle Their houses are round and cone.
shaped, covered with roofs of grass add mostly
inclosed by low stone wall for security ag AUST
sudden attack. The villages or hamlets are gener-
ally in groves or woods, on nights, or on the sd1'
of mountains and rivers. The land Is rich IN
springs and brooks, well supplied by tae tropical
rains which last for three months, beside when
there il second short rainy season. There are
numerous wooded mountains and hills which serve
for places of refuge to the inhabltsnts in time OF
war. Among the trees which adorn these forests,
the tall jumper is one of the most remarkable.
Like most African tribes, the Gaas are great
takers They can make speeches for hours To-
gether, with singularly amusing expression ana
p'ay of gesture. Their language is very harmonl-
GUS. and reminds one of the Italian. Among their
sacred persons are priests, magicians, excrclsts,
and medicine. men. The Calais i've on meat and
bread, and drink beer and mead az much as they
choose. They do not eat fish nor fowls, consider
ing the former to be of the serpent, aud the latter
of the yulture species. The serpent is considered
by them as sacred, and milk is set before 1t.
They have an abundance of honey; and when the
bees swarm, the people set up d shout to make
them settles and the interior of the hive is smeared
with fragrant substances that the bees may be en-
ticed not to abandon it.
The religion of the Gallas is Paganism, although
some travellers have represented them as kind OF
degenerate Christians. As in the case OF most
heatbens, tree has an important place In their
religious ceremonies. Prayers and sacrifices are
offered up under the shadow of the WOda; higher
spirit even is supposed to dwell within it. on which
account the tree is esteemed holy, and no one can
fell or harm it, without losing his life. IA respects
the abode of the dead they believe that Christ ans,
Mobammedans, and Ormos 60 TO separate places
in the lower world, whereeachi lis rewarded by Waka,
an invisible and beautiful being, or punished By
fire. They pay great reverence to the serpent,
which they regard as the mother of the human
race.
Another interesting people in Eastern Africa,
described By DR.. Krapf is the Wakamba, living
in the territory of the Waniks, on the coast OF
Mombaz, where they devote themselves to agri-
culture and the breeding of cattle, and above all
to trade both with the coast and the interior, by
which they have attained considerable Opulence.
Their horned cattle, sheep, goats, and ivory are
purchased by neighboring tribes, from whom they
receive cotton fabrics (American) blue calico
glass beads copper and brass wire, black pepper
salt, blue vitriol, and other fayorite commodities.
The Wakamba do not beloog to the Negro ra;e;
their features would not be called ugly, though
their lips are somewhat protrudiDg; their eyes are
rather large; the chin pointed; the beard scanty
or altogether wanting; the teeth white and arti-
fcially pointed; the skin smooth and backish;
the forms, both of meu and women, are slender;
and their hair is either shaved of or curled with
wire. They go almost completely naked; though
they have clothes, they do not usually dress them
selves, but are content with single rag wound
round their loins. The women wear pieces of
peltry profusely decorated with beads, by way of
aprons, while the upper part of their bodies and
their feet are left In a state of complete nudity.
The Wakamba smear their bodies with butter or
some unctuous substance, by which their natural
color is disguised; and t, their hair, which they
twist like small t~ine they often attach quaint
ty of white beads. Ga their necks, and on their
loins and ankles, they wear small copper chains,
or strings of beads of different coOrs.
The Wskamba marry as soon as the youths aud
maidens come to maturity. The bridegroom gives
the parents of the bride number of cows, but
they do not surrender her without a struggle. He
must carry her of by force or stratagem, and often
has to lie in wait for her in the fields, or TO ponnce
upon her when she goes to draw water. The Wa
kamba if he wishes, may marry several wives;
but the one who is distinguished by beauty, nteli-
gence, experience, attachment to her husband, or
the number of her children, is considered the chief
among them. The wives grind corn, carry wood,
cultivate the soil, a1d attend to all household du-
ties. In point of character, the Wakamba are
treacherous, greedy, and deceitful. They are very
noisy and laxative, great beggars and great liars,
and on the coast they have the reputation of being
thieves. On the other hand, they can often act
with magn sBmity; on their hunting expeditions
and on journeys they are courageous and eoter-
prsiDg, and able to bear great hardships; in gen.
eral, they are very lively and amusing, gaping at
strangers, and dancing about them like children.
Though they appear harmless, they are easily ex-
cited and disposed to quarrel. Conscious of their
xuealtb and indeoendeDce they are proud aud We