POLITENESS. 



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B. Like unto pearl ? 



A. Like unto pearl ! 



B. The happiness — Kua-heri ! (farewell!). 



A. In happiness let us meet, if Allah please ! 



B. Hem! 



A. Hem ! (drawn out as long as possible). 



The fact is they are going about c Ku amkfa/ 

 to salute their friends, and to waste time by run- 

 ning from house to house. Even freemen gener- 

 ally begin their mornings thus, and idle through 

 the working hours. 



The males tie, for only garb, a yard of cotton 

 round the waist, and let it fall to the knees; 

 bead necklaces and similar trash complete the 

 costume. Like all negroes they will wear, if 

 possible, the shock-head of wool, which is not 

 pierceable by power of any sun ; and they gradu- 

 ally unclothe down to the feet, which, requiring 

 most defence, are the least defended — c Eashion ' 

 must account for the anomaly. To the initiated 

 eye the tattoo distinguishes the vast confusion of 

 races. The variety of national and tribal marks, 

 the stars, raised lumps and scars, the beauty- 

 slashes and carved patterns, further diversified 

 by the effects of pelagra, psoris, and small-pox, 

 is a Chinese puzzle to the new-comer. Domestic 

 slaves, bearing their burdens on the head, not on 



