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They're muave and eggshell-taupe, not rose colored.
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It is possible that the native doctor, who mixes the ingredients of the poisoned bowl, may be able to save those whom he considers innocent; but it is difficult to get the natives to speak about the matter, and no one is willing to tell what the muave poison consists of.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The ordeal by the poison of the muave is resorted to by the Batoka, as well as by the other tribes; but a cock is often made to stand proxy for the supposed witch.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Shortly before our arrival they had been accused of witchcraft; conscious of innocence, they accepted the ordeal, and undertook to drink the poisoned muave.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The superstitious ordeal, by drinking the poisonous muave, obtains credit here; and when a person is suspected of crime, this ordeal is resorted to.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Death is inflicted on those found guilty of witchcraft, by the muave.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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For this purpose they made a journey to the sacred hill of Nchomokela, on which repose the bodies of their ancestors; and, after a solemn appeal to the unseen spirits to attest the innocence of their children, they swallowed the muave, vomited, and were therefore declared not guilty.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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“If you doubt my word,” said he, “give me the muave to drink.”
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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On the way we passed the burnt bones of a person Avho was accused of having eaten human flesh; he had been poisoned, or, as they said, killed by poison (muave?), and then burned.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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On the way we passed the burnt bones of a person Avho was accused of having eaten human flesh; he had been poisoned, or, as they said, killed by poison (muave?), and then burned.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 David Livingstone 1843
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