2d., command only a five-franc piece at Le Plateau; moreover, the
"peseta," like the shilling, is taken as a franc.
[FN#10] "The British Jews," by the Rev. John Mills. London:
Houlston and Stoneman, 1853.
[FN#11] For further details see "Zanzibar City, Island, and
Coast," vol. ii. chap. iv.
[FN#12] See "Zanzibar City, Island, and Coast," vol. ii. chap.
v.
[FN#13] See part ii. chap. xxii. "Hans Stade," translated by Mr.
Albert Tootal, annotated by myself, and published by the Hakluyt
Society, 1874.
[FN#14] Captain Boteler (v. ii. p. 374) gives a sketch of the
"Fetiche dance, Cape Lopez," and an admirable description of Nda,
who is mounted on stilts with a white mask, followed by negroes
with chalked faces.
[FN#15] See "Zanzibar, City, Island, and Coast," vol. i. chap.
vii.
[FN#16] I have discussed this subject in my "Zanzibar," vol. i.
chap. xi.
[FN#17] M. du Chaillu's description of the animal is excellent
(p. 282), and the people at once recognized the cut.
[FN#18] I did not see the Iboko, which M. du Chaillu (chap,
xvi.) calls the "boco;" but, from the native description, I
determined it to be the tsetse.
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