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-The mystery bags-
The men when in ceremonial undress often
carried a small bag attached to the waist belts-
They would never tell us what was in these bags,
or indeed discuss them at all - My curiousity however
was gratified in an unexpected way -The
children were out for a walk in charge of our
faithful black servant maid Fanny who was a member
of our household for many years - as boys will
do - 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 me to put it back at once - but before
doing so, I had a look inside and found it
contained only a piece of quartz or rock crystal -
Fanny begged us not to mention the incident
to anyone, as the blacks would be incensed
if they heard of it - and she would be blamed
and get into trouble over it -