Sun, Sand and Somals

Sun, Sand and Somals - Leaves from the note-book of a District Commissioner in British SomalilandAfrica is...
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Sun, Sand and Somals

Sun, Sand and Somals

€6,25

Sun, Sand and Somals

€6,25
Author: Rayne, Henry A.
Format: eBook
Language: English

Sun, Sand and Somals - Leaves from the note-book of a District Commissioner in British Somaliland

Africa is gradually becoming so civilised that there are few places left where the adventurer (the man who holds a human life as cheaply as the sportsman holds that of a wild pheasant) may hope to flourish. But for such an individual there remains on the Eastern Abyssinian border a territory, difficult to penetrate, inhabited by wild warlike tribes, through whom can be carried out a policy of murder and rapine against the peaceful native tribes under British protection. And on the Abyssinian borders you may find him, ever ready to organise a wild raid South or East (or West for that matter) into the administered territories of the British, whose sentinel-outposts are ever watching and waiting to turn him from his prey. Of the tribes inhabiting this wild border-land I have selected from many but one to speak ofthe Somali of British Somaliland. The Somali has deeply religious tendencies and is the stoutest of Mussulmans. In addition to the Mahomedan code, which he obeys implicitly, he has a complicated tribal code of his own. He knows much, and practises what he knows, of the old Jewish[6] and Biblical hygienic laws. He recognises the right of man to slay, providing he paysone hundred camels for a man, fifty for a woman. The Somali respects a woman, and reverences chastity. The Somali wanders afar. You will find him working as deck hand, fireman, or steward, on all the great liners trading to the East. I know of a Somali tobacconist in Cardiff, a Somali mechanic in New York, and a Somali trader in Bombay, the latter of whom speaks French, English, and Italian fluently. The Somali considers that British magistrates are appointed to his country solely to relieve the monotony of his life, and he pesters theirs with all kinds of cases, both petty and intricate. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 48598
Author: Rayne, Henry A.
Release Date: Mar 28, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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