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The poison arroDs of 4 AfricG.-What is cal cuat,.d to show the customs of different countries, their utensils, or their arms, must be a subject of interest. The last travels of Maj. Denham and Capt Clapperton, besides their discovery of countries in Central Africa, before unknown, have thrown light on ma ny subjects, Ofwhich formerly we had but an obscure knowledge. Amongst these, the Poison Arrow stands prominent. By the ac- counts of Mai. Denham, it is a weapon, the slightest scratch of which is death nothing can exceed it except the bite of a rattlesnake. Major Denham accompanied an expedition of horse and foot armed with musquetry, a. gainst the Feletahs, the bravest of the Afr

 can nation. The Feletahs are not of the ne- gro race, but are of bronze colour, and evil dently of the Arab descent. The combat tants met, and the contest was very long and dOubtful-the army of the assalants, princ

 palIy CD account of the cowardice of the BOr nou horse, were defeated, and the poisoned arrows of the Feletahs did great execution.- In the flight, Maj. Denham was frequently in the most critical danger. hundreds of these ar rows falling around him. The wounded hOr- ses were seen after an hour to drop dead; and the soldiers died, swelled, and the blood issu- ing at every pore. Boo KhaloOm, a Merchant General, under whose escort Don Gudney and his party had crossed the Desert, fell from his horse, and expired,by slight wound in the foot by one Ofthese arrows.

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