Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 34
cut deep in the flesh over the temples, andcarried in three lines back to the ears; this is thetribal mark of the Ba-Bangi, who inhabit thecountry in which I then was living. The idea occurred to me of utilizing my newfriends by obtaining from them, word by word,their peculiar dialect to enrich my… … 1 THREW A LITTLE MAGNESIA INTO A POOL OF STILL WATER,WHICH BUBBLED UP IN AN ALARMING MANNER. I was able to make myself understood. They,therefore, took the greatest interest in teachingme the words they thought would be most use-ful to me. One man, for instance, would enter the hut,raise his finger…
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