NILOTIC NEGROES 



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They suffer not infrequently from pneumonia and other affections of the 

 lungs, and their remedy for these maladies is to pierce a hole in the 

 .chest, and even to cut out a small piece of the inflamed lung. They 

 have an antidote for snake poison ; remedies for diarrhoea, constipation, 

 ulcers ; salves for wounds ; and even drugs which are taken to avert 

 threatened miscarriage. Venereal disease is practically unknown amongst 

 this people, which, although so indifferent to nudity, is yet too moral to 

 permit sexual intercourse with strangers. 



Men and women have the same names. But in many instances. 



438. THE GAME OF "BAO," PLAYED ALL OVER EAST CENTRAL AFRICA. (THE PLAYERS 

 HERE ARE YAO SOLDIERS FROM BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA) 



whereas the root of the name is the same, it is preceded by the vowel 

 " ' in the case of a man, and "A" in the case of a woman. For 

 instance. " Opio " is a male name, and " Apio " is a female name. 



The games they play are few. There is the well-nigh universal game 

 of little compartments in which seeds or pebbles are put. Boys and 

 young men sometimes play a kind of hockey, knocking about a wooden ball. 



After the return from a warlike expedition two out of every three cattle 

 go to the chief, who divides his share with his brothers, and also gives a 

 special reward of cattle to any man who has particularly distinguished him- 

 self in war. To this hero a wife is often given for payment. 



