 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 812 pages
...initiated lead this idle and vagabond life for seven or eight years ; this period it is said is necesary for their instruction. When the parents are desirous...for the master. It is only at such times that the Simo shows himself in public. The eve of this festival is celebrated in the woods, near the spot where... | |
 | African Americans - 1835 - 406 pages
...instruction. When the parents are desirous of getting them back from the woods, they collect all the pagne» they can, and make with them a fine girdle, which...for the master. It is only at such times that the son shows himself in public. " The eve of tbjs festival is celebrated in the woods, near the spot where... | |
 | African Americans - 1835 - 466 pages
...it is said, is necessary for their instruction. When the parents are desirous of getting them hack from the woods, they collect all the pagnes they can,...with them a fine girdle, which they adorn with copper hells, and send it to their children with a present of tohacco and rum for the master. It is only at... | |
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I have been told, they are sometimes barbarous enough to kill them. The young persons thus initiated lead this idle and vagabond life for seven or eight years; this period, it is said, is necessary for their instruction. When the parents are desirous... 