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or. in til.' case of the IMasai iiroiicr. and i)erlia])S of the cave-dwelling 

 tribes of Mount Elgon. low oliloni^ dwellings with flat roofs. The Nile 





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421. LEXDU WO.MA.V (PKOBABLY OP MIXED LEXDU AXD MAUI STOCK) FROM 

 WEST COAST Ob" LAKE ALBERT 



tribes build small granaries of wattle and daub, with a thatched roof 

 similar to those existing throughout the greater part of Negro Africa. 

 Tlie Bari, however, according to .Major Delme Eadclifie. Iniild thatched 

 houses occasionally with a continuous descent of grass in tlie somewhat 

 untidy fashion of the i'antu Negroes. The Lainka people (who, though 

 somewhat akin to the Masai, nevertheless are Nilotic in many of their 

 habits and customs) build funnel-shaj)ed '• flounced " roofs of great height. 

 Aniong>t the Acholi the framework of house and roof is in one piece, 



