Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 1 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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20 Removing Locks in Boston TITarbor. poisonous roots, the natives believe to proceed from the individual using them, rather than from the roots themselves. They see this power, and in their ignorance believe that the same individual can exert the same influence through the most simple objects. Some say that the evil-doer derives his power from the spirits of his ancestors; others think that he is taught by his own bad heart. The name the evil-doer bears is aba-takati, a title which no decent Kaffre covets. Though a pleasant, cheerful and happy race, the Kaffres are all warriors, the three tribes, under their several chiefs, numbering some 50,000 active men. One in every six is a warrior, a boy of sixteen being deemed the best. They are determined and_ persistent fighters, and the British colonists of the Cape find the Kaftfres a people not easily controlled. Their wild and constantly aggressive habits tend, in a great degree, to keep the Cape people in a state of wholesome preparation, SS E— REMOVING ROCKS IN BOSTON HARBOR. Valin (| |! yh "i || | py ({|| It yu ail \ Hint {|} HAN) Wy UHM The engraving on this page represents a party engaged in removing rocks and ob- structions in the channels of Boston harbor. The United States authorities have taken up the matter, at the earnest solicitations of the city government, and are now vigorously pros- ecuting the work. Hundreds of tons of rock have been remoyed from the channels, and in some parts the water has been deepened eight or ten feet at low tide icbooks. COM