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j^iils ni\' pretty. Many womeu of Mandara's li;iiem would l)e l)eautie.s 

 in any country, in spite of their dark skins. The adults are a bad lot, 

 lying" and thievisli, particularly the men. Tlu^y compare badly with 

 their forest-dwelling neighbors of Taveita, who are extraordinarily 

 honest. These last are among the dirtiest and worst smelling savages 

 1 have ever met with, owing" to their ireiiucnt unctions of rancid butter 



Fig- :5- 



C'HAGA Woman. 



Mt. Kilima-Kjaro, East Africa. 



(From photograph in U. S. N. M. ! 



and red ocher; while the Wa (Jhaga are comparatively clean, actually 

 washing themselves occasionally. The wiv(\s are compelled to i)erform 

 their ablutions daily ;ind soap is in great demand. The children are 

 much pleasanter in all resi^ects than the adults, and for innate i)oliteness 

 compare favorably with those of more civilized nations. (Fig. 3.) 



The men do a greater share of the field labor than is usual among the 

 Africans. They keep the irrigation canals in rei)air, attend to the irri- 

 gating, and perform the heavy labor of breaking new ground for crops. 



