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are put back on without drying the body. Every one, men, women, 

 and children, takes a daily bath, and visitors will always stop to bathe 

 at the spring or river before entering a village. Promiscuous bathing 

 is common, and is accepted as a matter of course, 'but there is no in- 

 dication of embarrassment or self-consciousness. When she returns 

 to the village, the woman will often be seen carrying one or two jars 

 of water on her head, her washing under her arm, while a child sets 

 astride her hip or lies against her back (Plate XLIII). 



