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firmness, and I noticed only one well-formed bosom. 
The men wore red feathers, but none carried arms. 
The form of saltation suggested Mr. Catlin’s drawings. 
A circular procession of children, as well as adults, first 
promenaded round the princess, who danced with all 
her might in the centre, her countenance preserving the 
grand serieux. The performers in this “ ging-a-ring ” 
then clapped hands with prolonged ejaculations of 
o-o-o-oh, stamped and shuffled forwards, moving the 
body from the hips downwards, whilst If. R. H. alone 
stood stationary and 
smileless as a French 
demoiselle of the last 
century, who came to 
the ball not to causer 
but to danser. At 
times, when King 
Fitevanga conde- 
scended to show his 
agility, the uproar 
of applause became 
deafening. The or- 
chestra consisted of 
two men sitting op- 
posite each other, — 
one performed on a 
■caisson, a log of hoi- ^ 
lowed wood, four feet TATTOOING. 
high, skin -covered, 
and fancifully carved ; the other on the national Anjya, 
a rude “ Marimba,” the prototype of the pianoforte. It 
is made of seven or eight hard-wood slats, pinned with 
bamboo tacks to transverse banana trunks lying on the 
ground : like the grande caisse, it is played upon with 
sticks, plectra like tent-pegs. Mr. W. Winwood Reade 
(“ Savage Africa,” chap, xiii.) says : “The instrument is 
also described by Froebel as being used by the Indians 
of Central America, where, which is still more curious, it 
is known by the same name — ‘ marimba.’ ” Of course 
they borrowed the article and the name from the 
