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- The mystery bags -
The men when in ceremonial undress often
carried a small bag attached to their waist belt.
They would never tell us what was in these bags
or indeed discuss them at all. My curiousity was
however gratified in an unexpected way -
We children were out for a walk in charge
of Fanny our faithful black who was a
member of our household for many years - As
boys will, I climbed a mangrove tree and
found in a hollow one
of these little mystery bags - When Fanny saw it
she became greatly agitated and told us to put
it back at once - but before doing so I had
look inside and found it contained
only a piece of pretty rock crystal - Fanny
begged us not to say anything about the
ncident as the man would be very angry
if he heard of it and she would be blamed -