Bompiani, Sofia, b. 1835, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · [London] : Religious Tract Society · leaf 83
77 CECCHI AND CHIARINI. by rushing forward, brandishing their lances, two, five, or seven together ; throwing themselves back in the saddle, as if to strike ; jostling with the shield and the horse, until Cecchi and Chiarini brought them to reason by a show of revolvers and a resolute defence. … ANTONIO CECCHI. The Gallas adore all the great manifestations of Nature, like the mountains, the streams, the forests, and especially certain trees, such as the sycamores. They have sacred woods, upon the trees of which they hang votive offerings, con¬ sisting of rags, locks of hair, strips of…
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