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African Camp Fires

Stewart Edward White

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .ck round disks about three inches in diameter, ornamented by concentric circles of different colours, with a red bull's eye for a centre. The outer edges of the ears are then further decorated with gold clasps set closely together. Many bracelets, necklaces, and armlets complete the get-up. They are big women, with soft velvety skins and a proud and haughty carriage—the counterparts of the men in the white robes and caps.

By the way, it may be a good place here to remark that these garments, and the patterned squares of cloth worn by the women, are invariably most spotlessly clean.

These, we learned, were the Swahilis, the ruling class, the descendants of the slave traders. Beside them are all sorts and conditions. Your true savage pleased his own fancy as to dress and personal adornment. The bushmen generally shaved the edges of their wool to leave a nice close-fitting natural skull cap, wore a single blanket drap. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A story of travel and hunting in old Africa.

Off the top it has to be said that this book is a great read for anyone interested in safaris during the golden age of big game hunting. It's also a great look at travel and life in the Edwardian era. It's author was by all accounts as good a sportsman as he was a writer and this is definitely a bet