WOMEN OF YEDDLE.
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Clapperton, in his discoveries in Africas
thus speaks of the women Of Yeddie, town
in Borrou: ''rhe Kaid sitting by me, and
Maramy keeping the door, SO that not mora
than three or four came in at a time, re-
ceived upwards of one hundred of the softer
sex. Seme of them were beautiful, unaf-
fected, children of nature. had nothing to
show them but looking-glass and proba-
bly, could not have pleased them more. One
insisted upon bringing her mother, another
her sister, in order to see the face she loved
best reflected hy the side of her own, which
Appeared to give them exquisite pleasure,
as sn seeing the reflection they repeatedly
kissed the object Of their affection. One
very young and intelligent girl asked if she
might bring her child, and who, on gaining
permission, quickly returned with an infant
in her arms; she absolutely screamed with
joy, and the tears ran down her cheeks when
She saw the child's face in the glass, thas
shook it's hands in token of pleasure on per-
ceiving its own reflected image"