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FEMALES HOEING. 



Chap. XIII. 



try to the N.W. was in flight before these Mazitu, under a 

 chief with the rather formidable name of Mowhiriwhiri ; 

 we therefore resolved to go on to Chinsamba's, still 

 further in the same direction, and hear what he said 

 about it. 



The only instrument of husbandry here is the short- 

 handled hoe; and about Tette the labour of tilling the 

 soil, as represented in the woodcut, is performed entirely 

 by female slaves. On the West Coast a double-handled 



Females Hoeing. 



hoe is employed. Here the small hoe is seen in the hands 

 of both men and women. In other parts of Africa a hoe 

 with a handle four feet long is used, but the plough is 

 quite unknown. 



In illustration of the manner in which the native 



