COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE IN SAVAGE AFRICA.
By the Rev. H. Cole.
An entertaining article, by a missionary who has spent over twenty years in the interior, dealing with the extraordinary customs governing "the love of a man for a maid" in the Dark Continent.
In Africa, marriage being largely of a commercial and temporary character, Cupid does not rule the destiny of men and women to the same extent as in this country; and even when under his spell, the natives conduct their love affairs in a much less demonstrative manner than Europeans. It will, however, be seen that some of the methods adopted by dusky swains to secure the nymphs of their choice are extraordinary, if not romantic.
A DUSKY BELLE ADMIRING HERSELF IN HER MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION, A HAND-MIRROR.
From a Photo, by Rev. H. Cole.