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Hundreds
of
goats
were
gathered
there
,
hogs
,
sheep
without
wool
,
evidently
of
Tartar
origin
,
quantities
of
poultry
and
fish
.
Specimens
of
pottery
,
very
gracefully
turned
,
attracted
the
eyes
by
their
violent
colors
.
Various
drinks
,
which
the
little
natives
cried
about
in
a
squeaking
voice
,
enticed
the
unwary
,
in
the
form
of
plantain
wine
,
"
pombe
,
"
a
liquor
in
great
demand
,
"
malofou
,
"
sweet
beer
,
made
from
the
fruit
of
the
banana-tree
and
mead
,
a
limpid
mixture
of
honey
and
water
fermented
with
malt
.
But
what
made
the
Kazounde
market
still
more
curious
was
the
commerce
in
stuffs
and
ivory
.
In
the
line
of
stuffs
,
one
might
count
by
thousands
of
"
choukkas
"
or
armfuls
,
the
"
Mericani
"
unbleached
calico
,
come
from
Salem
,
in
Massachusetts
,
the
"
kanaki
,
"
a
blue
gingham
,
thirty-four
inches
wide
,
the
"
sohari
,
"
a
stuff
in
blue
and
white
squares
,
with
a
red
border
,
mixed
with
small
blue
stripes
.
It
is
cheaper
than
the
"
dioulis
,
"
a
silk
from
Surat
,
with
a
green
,
red
or
yellow
ground
,
which
is
worth
from
seventy
to
eighty
dollars
for
a
remnant
of
three
yards
when
woven
with
gold
.
As
for
ivory
,
it
was
brought
from
all
parts
of
Central
Africa
,
being
destined
for
Khartoum
,
Zanzibar
,
or
Natal
.
A
large
number
of
merchants
are
employed
solely
in
this
branch
of
African
commerce
.
Imagine
how
many
elephants
are
killed
to
furnish
the
five
hundred
thousand
kilograms
of
ivory
,
which
are
annually
exported
to
European
markets
,
and
principally
to
the
English
!
The
western
coast
of
Africa
alone
produces
one
hundred
and
forty
tons
of
this
precious
substance
.
The
average
weight
is
twenty-eight
pounds
for
a
pair
of
elephant
's
tusks
,
which
,
in
1874
,
were
valued
as
high
as
fifteen
hundred
francs
;
but
there
are
some
that
weigh
one
hundred
and
seventy-five
pounds
,
and
at
the
Kazounde
market
,
admirers
would
have
found
some
admirable
ones
.
They
were
of
an
opaque
ivory
,
translucid
,
soft
under
the
tool
,
and
with
a
brown
rind
,
preserving
its
whiteness
and
not
growing
yellow
with
time
like
the
ivories
of
other
provinces
.
And
,
now
,
how
are
these
various
business
affairs
regulated
between
buyers
and
sellers
?
What
is
the
current
coin
?
As
we
have
said
,
for
the
African
traders
this
money
is
the
slave
.
The
native
pays
in
glass
beads
of
Venetian
manufacture
,
called
"
catchocolos
,
"
when
they
are
of
a
lime
white
;
"
bouboulous
,
"
when
they
are
black
;
"
sikounderetches
,
"
when
they
are
red
.
These
beads
or
pearls
,
strung
in
ten
rows
or
"
khetes
,
"
going
twice
around
the
neck
,
make
the
"
foundo
,
"
which
is
of
great
value
.
The
usual
measure
of
the
beads
is
the
"
frasilah
,
"
which
weighs
seventy
pounds
.
Livingstone
,
Cameron
,
and
Stanley
were
always
careful
to
be
abundantly
provided
with
this
money
.
