This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...taken from the ground, the vegetable is of the substance of an artichoke, but very stringy throughout. Big baskets are loaded with these roots and sunk into the water, and after a few days are taken out, when a great change has taken place by fermentation; the manioc has now become quite mealy, and all the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...taken from the ground, the vegetable is of the substance of an artichoke, but very stringy throughout. Big baskets are loaded with these roots and sunk into the water, and after a few days are taken out, when a great change has taken place by fermentation; the manioc has now become quite mealy, and all the threads can be easily removed. It is then kneaded into dough, and made into round puddings weighing about three pounds, which are boiled for several hours. When properly cooked it is white, and looks like a white duff pudding, and is very wholesome and nourishing. It is rather difficult at first for a white man to learn to like this dish, which tastes somewhat like sour milk. But the white man in this land has no bakeries or restaurants catering to his wants, and after a while, if he is deprived of chiquanga, he feels the want as keenly as any native. All preparations for the journey had now been completed, and early one morning the sharp rattle of Ndobo's drum sounding the "Nkundila" (all aboard) signal summoned the paddlers for the start and threw the village into a state of bustle and commotion. The canoes lying swamped, to protect them from the sun, were soon lifted and baled out dry, ready to be loaded, and then Ndobo himself stood on the beach and superintended operations. All the ivory (some tusks weighing ninety pounds), was carried down and laid along the bottoms of the dug-outs; then the bales of fish and chiquanga were snugly stowed, also bundles of "ngula" (powdered red-wood), which the "swells" in that country mix into a paste with fat, to smear their bodies with when wishing to appear fully "dressed." Everything is packed so that the canoe is kept in perfect trim all the time. The slaves to...
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