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goodly number in a lifetime. The boys are also kept 

 busy shepherding the goats and sheep, which are in 

 thousands all over the country. These animals are 

 very rarely slaughtered and are kept merely for their 

 milk. In the wet season, of course, conditions are entirely 



A NATIVE LOOM. 



changed, and the men are busily employed growing 

 " dhura," maize, cotton and other produce. At the end 

 of the dry season food becomes so scarce that the goats 

 are fed upon the roots of the grass, the gi^ass being 

 hoed up, and the roots beaten soft with short wooden 

 clubs. 



Near the large villages we found the natives 



