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ODDS AND ENDS OF EUROPEAN HABILIMENTS ENHANCE THE RHYTHMIC GESTURES OF THE DANCE Though many tribes of Liberia's tropic hinterland still remain but little affected by the culture and economic advancement of the coloured colonists from the United States who settled the coast, yet these aboriginal tribes provide a fruitful market for the vender of brightly-coloured stuffs as well as European hats and boots. The dusky villagers seen just about to dance have a certain irrepressible gaiety of spirit, and vivid draperies appeal strongly to their mind. To many, however, these figures of living bronze appear to more advantage when undraped save for their native trappings |