The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

'2'J2 .l' rlilcis, wlio are seated for the greater partof the day in a iniblie hall huug with leepurd skius. The !Mukuiis are very Hueiitorators, and at all tlie feasts, celebrated by the neighbouring peoples with inusieand the dance, they hold rhetorical tournaments. Each orator is accompanied bya second, who, like the llutc-player in classic times, stands behind to regulate themovement of the voice by his modulated utterance of harmonious syllables, filling byhis music the gaps in the flowing periods, lending more insinuating softness to thepatlietie phrases, heighteuiug the eflejt of the peroration by a low cadeueeiFig. 81).—CuiEF Nations of Moz.vhuiuue.Scale 1 : 8,000.000.I* ^ / ^ \ >V ^ - ^\ TV S\Egsh CfGreenw.cKmuttering, and terminating the discourse by a muttted sound which seems to dieaway like a distant echo.The Lom\\es, Y.\os, and Mamuas.The Lomwes, who according to O'Neill belong to the same stock as theMakuas, dwell chiefly in the Lurio basin to the north of the Namuli highlands,and of the mountains continuing this system eastwards. The}' arc usually lookedon merely as an ordinary Makua tribe, although they are clearly distinguished bytheir peculiar idiom, and also regard themselves as a separate people. Beforetheir territory was explored, the Lomwes had the reputation of being a mostformidable nation. All strangers were supposed to requii-e a special invitation