Oshielle, Or, Village Life in the Yoruba Country; From the Journals and Letters of a Catechist There, Describing the Rise of a Christian Church in an African Village (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...to God for the holy and blessed Bible. On our return to the huts, he desired me to speak the word of God to his own family, and that of his neighbour, which I joyfully did, and they all listened to me very attentively." " On his rest day, the farmer usually returns to his village. There are seven days in which a heathen farmer generally works, during which period' he stays at his farm. On the evening of the seventh day he re1 turns home, to rest on the eighth day. Very early on this morning he rises up, about six o'clock, a.m., or a little sooner, and walks round the square in which he dwells, to salute the inhabitants, and goes back to his own apartment. Then one of his wives gives him water, or he goes to the water's side, to wash himself, and takes his clean and best clothes to dress himself; generally a pair of country trousers, about two feet and a half long, the legs each about one foot wide, and a large country or European cloth, which he may throw round himself, covering him from his shoulders to his heels, and a cap. He then goes out into the street for breakfast about eight o'clock, where he finds all sorts of Yoruba eatable things prepared and exposed for sale by women. The chief of the things thus prepared and exposed for sale, are Indian corn-meal, called by the natives, Eko or Ori; and yams, and pounded yams, also called Iyan. This latter could not be eaten without sauce, or palaver sauce, always made ready by the seller of the Iyan, and generally com posed of herbs, flesh, or fish, or fowl, salt, and palm-oil. Between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, the streets are filled with little groups of persons, sitting here and there, near one of the sellers of the above-mentioned...