 A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking, well-figured, tall young man of twenty-five, was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2191883Full view - About this book
 | England - 1864 - 814 pages
...square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the...combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to stem like a cock's comb. On his neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring, of beautifullyworked... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pages
...spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass roeds, scrupulously well dressed. " The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge. " On his neck was a very neat ornament; a largo ring, of beautifully worked small beads, forming elegant... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1864 - 516 pages
...square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the...neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring, of beautifully-worked small beads, forming elegant patterns by their various colours. On one arm was another... | |
 | 1864 - 520 pages
...grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. lhc hair of his heau was cut short, excepting on the top, where it was...neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring, of beautifully-worked small beads, forming elegant patterns by their various colours. On one arm was another... | |
 | John Hanning Speke - Africa, East - 1864 - 620 pages
...on the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to stern like a cock's comb. On his neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring,...small beads, forming elegant patterns by their various colors. On one arm was another bead ornament, prettily devised ; and on the other a wooden charm, tied... | |
 | 1864 - 516 pages
...square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the...where it was combed up into a high ridge, running item stem to stern like a cockscomb. On his neck was a very ueat ornament — a large ring, of beautifully-worked... | |
 | John George Wood - Aboriginal Australians - 1868 - 798 pages
...scrupulously dressed in a new 'mbugu (or grass-cloth). The hair of his head was cut short, except upon the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to stern, like a cock's comb. On his neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring of beautifully-worked small beads,... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - Africa - 1875 - 582 pages
...square^ platform of royal grass, incased in ti<xergrass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbngu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the...into a high ridge, running from stem to stern like a cock's comb. On his neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring, of beantifully worked small beads,... | |
 | william francis ainsworth - 1876 - 732 pages
...tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well-dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting at the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to storn like a cockscomb. On his neck was a very neat ornament—a large ring of beautifully, worked... | |
 | Africa, Central - 1878 - 496 pages
...square platform of royal grass, incased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the...into a high ridge, running from stem to stern like a cock's comb. On his neck was a very neat ornament — a large ring, of beautifully-worked small beads,... | |
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