CHAPTER XIV. 
DECEPTIONS. 
There is no end to their deceptions on 
foreigners, and often their pretenses have 
so much show of reality, that the most dis- 
criminating are shamefully humbugged. 
Sometimes their plans are laid far ahead, 
and with so much skill, tact, and cunning, 
that one must be wide awake to keep out 
of their meshes. When they set themselves 
for guileful ends, they never draw back until 
they succeed, unless absolutely compelled to 
do so. 
They cheat in the sale of nearly every 
article they sell to white persons if not close- 
ly watched ; and the only restraint they seem 
to feel in the matter arises from the fear of 
detection and punishment. 
An old sea captain, who has been spend- 
ing his winters on the South and West 
coasts of Africa for many years, told me 
he had known them to manufacture a mix- 
tare of clay, water and oil, which much re- 
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