Stories of Strange Lands Author:R. Lee Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES TO ADUMISSA. (1) Adumissa was, what is generally called on the western coast of Africa, a red-skinned woman; that is, her complexion was of a rich a... more »nd warm brown, and which certainly renders more distinct the play of feature, and the emotions passing within, than the jet-black skin. I have been assured by Europeans, that they never saw a finer form, nor a sweeter countenance, than that of Adumissa. Her coldness to, and rejection of, all her suitors, were proverbial; and the whole story is well known throughout Fan tee and the neighbouring nations. (2) The eagles of this country are chiefly black and white; but, occasionally, the black and brown eagles, common to the interior of the country, wander to the coast. Of the plumage of these, which is much esteemed, fans and headdresses,« less