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one of his men to take the fetiche piece, as we learnt, for 

 the Ganga or priest; and they seemed to know the best 

 piece, carrying off one of the liind quarters. 



The two prominent features, in their moral character and 

 social state, seem to be the indolence of the men and the 

 degradation of the women ; the latter being considered as 

 perfect slaves, whose bodies are at the entire disposal of 

 their fathers or husbands, and may be transferred by either 

 of them, how and when they ma\" please. The intriguing 

 with a man's wife without his knowledge is however punished 

 by a fine of two slaves ; and if the adulterer cannot pay, 

 the husband seems to be authorised to murder him. 



Both men and women rise at daylight, and after washing 

 their skins, those who pretend to gentility rub their 

 shoulders and bodies to the waist with palm oil, which, 

 though it keeps their skins smooth, gives even to the women, 

 who otherwise have not the same natural effluvia as the 

 men, a most disagreeable smell. 



There are much fewer mulattoes among them than might 

 be expected from their intercourse with Europeans, two 

 only having yet been seen by us. 



The mode of salutation is by gently clapping the hands, 

 and an inferior at the same time goes on his knees and 

 kisses the bracelet on the superior's ancle. 



