THE NATIVES OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA 



rondo women that they are said to be the most chaste of 

 all the native women of East Africa. They are now be- 

 ginning, little by little, to put some clothing on. This tribe 

 occupies the most fertile soil in the whole of the Protec- 

 torate ; and I believe that in the near future the Kavirondo 

 will make long strides in their upward march, as the men 

 already begin to cultivate a taste for better clothing, fur- 

 niture and houses, and are often anxious to be taught in 

 the various mission schools. It is from this country that 

 a great deal of wild coffee of good quality is secured, as 

 well as a superior kind of ground nuts and the semsem oil 

 seed. The Kavirondo are still very superstitious, and 

 their " witch doctors " and " medicine men " do a flourish- 

 ing business among the ignorant savages. 



