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uiul tliat the l^^ads were con^^taiitly being dr<»pi;ed and lost in tlie fields. 

 After floods the loosened soil might expose to sight some of the beads 

 which had tlius lieen dro})})ed or thrown away. I'lie supply of these l)lue 



432. A JA-LIO MAX wnu EAK-KlNtiS 



beads is, of course, quite inadequate for the population, and many are 

 making up for the scarcity now by using the ordinary l)lue beads of 

 commerce. 



The Ja-luo men often wear an arndet of threaded cylindrical wooden 



