The other lines of tattooing, as in all Manganja, run in long seams, which crossing each other at certain angles form a great number of triangular spaces on the breast, back, arms, and thighs.

The cuticle is divided by a knife, and the edges of the incision are drawn apart till the true skin appears.

By a repetition of this process, lines of raised cicatrices are formed, which are thought to give beauty, no matter how much pain the fashion gives.
It would not be worth while to advert for a moment to the routine of travelling, or the little difficulties that beset every one who attempts to penetrate into a new country, were it not to show the great source of the power here possessed by slave-traders.

We needed help in carrying our goods, while our men were ill, though still able to march.

When we had settled with others for hire, we were often told, that the dealers in men had taken possession of some, and had taken them away altogether.
Other things led us to believe that the slave-traders carry matters with a high hand; and no wonder, for the possession of gunpowder gives them almost absolute power.