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man, you look like a woman. Wherever did you get that dress from?” 
The reply was, “ Well, I gave a woman for it.” In conversation upon 
the subject, he ascertained that a man had been to the Chief and 
asked for slaves, showing him a quantity of clothes which he would 
give in exchange. Having taken several men and women prisoners 
in a late foray, the Chief gave these for the things shown him ; when 
the man came again demanding more slaves. ‘He brought us this 
time,” said the native, “such beautiful things, that you would have 
sold your mother.” They had no men or women to sell, and, remarked 
the native, “to sell your children is an ugly thing.” They refused to 
do this, whereupon the trader said, “ You want cattle?” ‘We do,” 
was the response; and “here (said Mr. Oswell) is the devilry of 
slavery.” The slave-dealers said, ‘‘ You help us to attack that tribe, 
and, as you want cattle, you can have the cattle and we will take the 
men.” The bargain was struck, and the scheme successfully carried 
out. 
Passing now into the Hall, he next proceeded to explain the 
habits and characteristics of the many trophies of his bravery and 
skill which were there exhibited. Here were the horns of almost 
every known kind of rhinoceros, buffalo, elephant, antelope, pallah, 
bok, koodoo, goat, &c., the whole of which had- fallen under 
his deadly rifle Among the rhinoceros horns was one curving 
downwards instead of upwards. These were very rare; he only met 
with five in the course of his travels. 
Forming part of the same collection were a number of African 
weapons and other implements, amongst which was a novel pocket 
handkerchief. This was nothing more nor less than a piece of metal, 
about the size of a dessert knife-blade, with which the Kaffirs scanp 
the snuff from their noses after having taken it. 
The next point of interest was the sitting room, where some 
twelve or fifteen sketches were hung, illustrating some of the principal 
scenes and incidents met with by Mr. Oswell during his travels. They 
were done in crayon, by Wolf, from Mr. Oswell’s own sketches. 
These were viewed with more than ordinary interest, as several of 
them showed that he had experienced some really remarkable escapes 
of his life. 
The first was a flat open piece of country, and he said that such 
was the characteristic feature of Africa for the first 800 miles ; when 
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