Show THE COAST OF BLOOD AND GOLD l I I tg1IT c 11 Cowl la l n WWII l ft initiatory T1r the rt man Although till u t Afn < an c lony talks I been more I i luh wllhclg Illinium for fire u 1 ondhas been the cene oCd bay oC-d I d nl It In milt a terra In a t the bulk of the American it 1 In this noM 01 that the noteS note-S t u I h temple and trove oC the gel J tl kill A lIuntI I The fttlrli jt list 01111 a lull outbid of Ku Thle piton of n thousand hor s rt s rind lip oC large and stately it f an I up to th llm of th 4 J r1 h cifmon was Incloeed In I I q 1 auadH Illlde theta palleadeft s In l pull her tiC thn Mho nil kings I 0 III Un f the clot rnrnn a ul I anon t atta hd lo the royal rl Ihr nut foe h n-ut nil lilacd 1 made the place 1 I 0 In the ca of the visit mon m is I a liln 1 lUll liters t IK wl wllrh N undo r m of the banyan tree I of I IhI h gro C It wai n cutom of II i th it Ihl bum mart be kept e riy nil d with human blood Al Ilr I < o I MMS iJJUIsIN TML I1CAt 001L the > cont nta of the vessel drift up fresh I mn w re led nul and elunlitte1 t I th Ir MoI ar filly plare1 In the I d bowl Bh uid Ihlilmix riant rile I i n II b h1 I the alK rlilne bet be-t 1 that the Id art the grove would 0 nil In his cnnean Uion the A I mill In order to aal > 1 title Oe fly It Is I estimated that or 15000 he man bings have been put to death Ie I nralh the banyan Irees I that away still whi i > er over this temple of death Lvery 40 dam U was customary for file king of Aihanll lo visit thin mausoleum for the lurpwe of Ifine their ref well to the ihade of Ihelr do parted ancestors but during the last I expedition of the ngllth force to this part of file Gold Coait the temple I Paid the iniuwleum were dem llhed and nothing now remains but the atly 1 treed lo OlIImmooo III IIrtom history Although much has been don by the white man 11 Improve and clvlllie the native of the Gold I Coast the condition of hot of iheee African village with the exception of two or three coat town U I an rlmttlve and heathen a II was fle centurle ago And II hold In Iomlnoll among the natites and although 1 al-though Individual exist with the title of chiefs their authority and power are vy shadowy and every mn II prae Wittily hid own mailer They are lund lu-nd shiftless and nil wonder for their rtrrams are twarmlnif with fun and their rocwinut groves and small plants Ion yield them an abundant supply i of Coo Th climate however U I into 10411 and the death rat U I filth At Cr clothe In suet a climate they lire artery necessary Th tlllaien pay no taxo i and rw rent and I It It wet not tor their atroctom religious Wllefi a 11 Dne11s would be called a vets envl ab10 i lw > tl Hut they have a terrible I dread of their fetich rod raw each year ilauthler hundred of their children to appeal > those malKn iplllti The ordl nary Ahonll temple Is I a fellllorly con strutted building It 1 to mad oC pod 1 laced In tne ground In n circular Corm and their UI together at the lop end thatched with hy Inside la I a tallied platform oC stlckk 1M on this platform II a rude roprnllIn oC a mans na Uo Title Is I ludicrously modeled In clay t and over II Is I plastered a taste md oC red ocher 01 the folk oC efts Ma1o village lifts III temple and according 10 nelllo belief shelters the tutelary dolly of the settlement Under the Unlin protection of this II Irani not > lckn > M III luck still 1 dliaiUr are supposed lo be kept from the people The oily handiwork that It ea Mhan II tootle I engage In II I tin art of wearIng wear-Ing This they di on a trltnllh loom that would never lad on to u > pKt that really One cloth could Ic nuriu facluml fly such a people l Huh 10 I a fact however the warp of the cloth tIn t-In mesar about three Inches In width The I IWM an lacd rid by aide and sewed together to make a carment of whatever I Hie 1 required The wearing It performed by two Mti of warp thread nhkh an alternately rolled and deb rmird between d-eb throw of the shut tic by a treadle arrangement ntllnic be > wnn the law and Second IM of the > lralor and after the shuttle thrown through with the weft file latter la l > Mt on up by a swinging grating tnad of bamboo Th Aihanll women art n light ht cJ ornament loving lot and each day 414 It 1 4t I 4111f ° 6 K p f r1 I e1 At RLIfJ g gr re Io M irri r + a y rY 11 j + la t1JQ fv 1 t J r f t t of q F I t y QnlJ ttry r ell tJ rs i J1 fsjt i ijr3 vg J jflr 5 1 ± wr v JK t 7 13 e ET M L C1RColh5M4wT1 fitVi P a i4 rS3O W l Cf mac c TYPICAL SCENES IN ASHANTI LANDspendom fxnil tom time In the maklnit of their barbaric toilet Thy are l1O < lAII fond of lathing and romping In the we tr and It 10 a very commas Plural tome to-me a dn uf them quit dIIul oC all olOlhlnc 11hlnc and divine about In oae of Ih nunwroui streams oC the Uold CoAti country Their skin to I a formally IITOAM 1 color Ihouih their Co turn are Invariably heavy and unattractive unat-tractive They are aloe tend oC nhln ae1france to My have adopted the I whit nan style of 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