106 CAPTAIN TUCKEY’S NARRATIVE. 
addition of a long pipe in his mouth and a spear on his 
shoulder. The two figures of men below, representing two 
war fetiches, the one armed with a musket, and the other 
with a broad sword, will serve to shew in what a low state the 
art of sculpture is among these people, which indeed could 
hardly be otherwise where writing is utterly unknown. In 
no one shape whatever do they seem to have profited by 
the multitude of missionaries that flocked to Congo in the 
16th and 17th centuries. 
Our repast was laid out in the grand apartment, where 
some chests covered with carpets served for seats and ta- 
bles. A few plates and mugs of earthenware, and some 
Venetian gilt glass were placed on the table, together with 
a few silver spoons and forks, evidently of French work- 
manship. The meats consisted of a soup of plantains and 
