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The Hufrolw) mans carryint; ]r<iti is wdi'ii on I he liack lo catTy Hint anil Under case, 

 liotel nuts, footl and tohacco. It is heavily headccl and each of the many small bells is 

 hand made from a wax mold 



liu'liTcd; |)ri)iii|)tl\- the i-ooiii is filled with ixmsrciit smoke that sets a forei.u'ii 

 t'Ve lo weepiiiu', luiI the natixc udiiiaii, Ix-t ter adapted, sits st itchiiiu'. com- 

 pletely alxsorheth close to the toi'ch tfiat flares filfull.\ in the mountain wind 

 coming in gusts tlirough openings in the p;ilni wall. Presently' the tlame 

 Hicker.s low tiiitil someone pulls down the edges of the gfcen leaf cnx'clope 

 to expose a fi'csh sui'face of lnu'tiing re-in to the air A girl anthitious to 

 finish a new '(iniisn will crouch in that dun light, cut t iiiij,- out tiny a])plic|iie 

 points and sewing them on, from six o'clock until after midnight, while the 

 rest of the famil> ami the guests are asleep on the floor in the same room. 

 ^ Ct, with all the sordid discomforts, there is an atmosphere of restful 

 content in a IJagoho house. The memhers of a family group do their work 

 with an aii' of leisiii'cly satisfaction; they takt time to gaze with keen 

 interest on one another's acti\ities, as the men mold wa,\ for the brass 

 eastings, make incised patterns in hard wood, or dexterously twist vege- 

 table fil)res into leglets, while the women are skeimiig hemj), whirling clay 

 pots into form, or pounding I'ice with an accompaniment of dance and 

 Sf)ng. .\nil of course excrybody is chewing betel nut. The whole picture 



