The African Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from The African Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 of 2: With Maps and IllustrationsMy fellow-passenger, like most young Londoners, was prone to chaff, and now began to make inquiries of Jolly Nose respecting his connubial relations. Jolly Nose told us with an air of honest pride that he pos sessed Six wives. Mr. Then delicately hinted that possibly in his absence they might receive the attentions of six gentlemen, on which Jolly Nose ¿ew into a rage, and I was about to remind my young friend that these people had their feelings as well as ourselves, when I found that my sympathy was entirely misplaced. Jol'ly Nose was angry at its being supposed that he placed any trust in his wives' fidelity. 'you tink me fool!' he cried. Of course, when I come for Ship, I set my brother to watch 'em, and look 'em good.' Then as Jolly Nose reflected on the annoyance which this pre caution must have caused his ies, h'e chuckled to him self and laughed, and we all laughed, and his good humour was restored.AS the ship sailed away we saw fires on the beach, lighted by the women as a guide to their husbands in case they returned that night for canoes often lose the land in the dark, and thus new countries have been dis covered and colonised by savages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.