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partial to head-covering, for preference any form of European 

 hat. The chiefs of the Kru and Grebo tribes, perhaps also 

 still in the Basa country, consider top hats de rigueur. These 

 are sotnetimes black silk or beaver, or they may be white, grey, 

 even scarlet ; but they must be chafeaux de haute-fcrme, and 



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very hideous they and their wearers look. Inland, beyond the 

 resources of civilisation, the head-covering, if there be any, is 

 generally made of closely plaited string or fibre ornamented 

 with beads or kauris, tufts of hair or feathers. Sometimes large, 

 widespreading rain-hats are worn, made of wickerwork, into 

 which smooth leaves are plaited. Some of the Kpwesi people 



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