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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THK WOMEN S WAR DANCE: AT OUESICO, MOZAMBIOUE 



ages filled with things dear to a native's 

 heart and easily pilferable. 



Neither were any acts of cruelty nor 

 of indecency witnessed on the whole trip, 

 except on the part of the whites. The 

 farther away from civilized centers we 

 went the more respectable became the 

 native. 



Thousands of "black ivory" specimens 

 are exported to the gold and diamond 

 mines of the Rand ; they return with 

 money, disease, discontent, and bad 

 morals. The young men from Gazaland 

 and Inhambane go on contract for say 

 one year to get money to pay the hut 

 taxes and to buy one or two wives. In- 

 stead of paying for a wife with cattle, 

 as formerly, before the terrible ravages 

 of rinderpest and "East Coast" feyer, 



sterling gold, iio to £25, must now be 

 cashed down to the father before the 

 union is legal or the bride enters the new 

 hut. 



With diseases which practically pre- 

 clude the breeding of all domestic ani- 

 mals but the pig, it is no wonder that 

 the rich lands are so very little cultivated. 

 But the steam plow has put in its ap- 

 pearance and as soon as permanent regu- 

 lations for sale or rental of land are 

 promulgated the country should be a 

 happy harvesting ground for planters. 

 With labor at $2 to $5 per month, good 

 transportation, no more sickness than in 

 any other country, perhaps, and good 

 support from the government, colonists 

 will come and then Mozambique will 

 gloriously come into her own. 



