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" ... tails, strings of amulets, and innumerable shreds of leather ; a small quiver of poisoned arrows hung from their right wrist, and they held a long iron chain between their teeth, with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear... "
The Tshi-speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa: Their Religion ... - Page 246
by Alfred Burdon Ellis - 1887 - 343 pages
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Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 2

1819 - 754 pages
...leather, coming half way up the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist belt ; these were also ornamented with bells, horses tails,...a small quiver of poisoned arrows hung from their light wrist, and they held a long iron chain between their teeth, with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 5

England - 1819 - 792 pages
...fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist-belts. A small quiver of poisoned arrows hung from the right wrist, and they held a long iron chain between...with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in the left hand, covered with red cloth and silk tossels. Then- black countenances...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 5

England - 1819 - 792 pages
...fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist-belts. A small quiver of poisoned arrows hung from the right wrist, and they held a long iron chain between...with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in the left hand, covered with red cloth and silk tossels. Their black countenances...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 83

English literature - 1819 - 614 pages
...of a dull red leather, coming half way up the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their rartouch or waistbelt ; these were also ornamented with bells,...of amulets, and innumerable shreds of leather ; a sm:ill quiver of poisoned arrows hung from their right wrist, and they held a long iron chain between...
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Weaver's Magazine and Literary Companion, Volume 2

1819 - 304 pages
...leather, coming half way upthc thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist belt; these were also ornamented with bells, horses tails, strings of amulets, and innu:nerable shreds of leather; a small qu^er of poisoned arrows hung from their right wrist, and they...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...leather, coming half way up the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist belt: these were also ornamented with bells, horses' tails,...and they held a long iron chain between their teeth, vith a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in their left hands, covered...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 9

Great Britain - 1825 - 498 pages
...leather, coming half way np the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist bett ; these were also ornamented with bells, horses tails,...with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in their left hands, covered with red cloth and silk tassels ; their black countenances...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 9

Great Britain - 1825 - 494 pages
...leather, coming half way up the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist belt j these were also ornamented with bells, horses tails,...long iron chain between their teeth, with a scrap of Moorishwriting affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in their left hands, covered with red cloth...
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The African Repository, Volume 4

African Americans - 1829 - 404 pages
...half way up the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist belt; these were alsa ornamented with bells, horses tails, strings of amulets,...with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in their left hands, covered with red cloth and silk tassels. Their black countenances...
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The Richmond County Mirror, Volume 3

New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist-belts. A small quiver of poisoned arrows hung from the right wrist, and they held a long iron chain between...teeth, with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to it. A small spear was in the left hand, covered with red cloth and silk tassels. Their black countenances...
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