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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



April, 

 1874. 



the little boys carry a heavy knob-stick. They turned out in 

 great numbers, very black and naked, to see what our busi- 

 ness mio-ht be, and seemed verv friendlv to us, notwithstanding 

 their character is that of universal robbers. They enlarge the 

 lobes of the ears, like the Wagogo, carrying in them pieces of 

 gourd and wood, sometimes ornamented with beads. 



The women wear a small skin apron, and disjiose anotlier 

 skin behind in a manner more fanciful than decorous; for, 

 while covering the upper part of their 

 legs, it leaves another portion of their 

 body most fully exposed. These stern- 

 aprons are cut so as to turn down a flap 

 — occasionally decorated with beads — to 

 allow of a full and open rear view. It 

 must, therefore, be the fashion to show 

 that part. Perhaps their object is to 

 prove they have no tails. 



Those who can afford it wear a broad 

 band of party-colored beads round the 

 head, and another round the waist. 



In some cases the hair is shaved away 

 underneath the band of beads worn round 

 the head, while allowed to grow bushy 

 above, having exactly the appearance of 

 a fur cap or Kilmarnock bonnet. 



Tlie people universally chip the two 

 upper front incisors, and some chip the 

 whole of them, and extract the two cen- 

 tre ones in the lower jaw. The tribal 

 mark seemed to be a line down the centre of the forehead and 

 two on the temples, sometimes continued to the chin. 



Some of the men had enormously heavy spears, generally 

 used in elephant-hunting. The butt was larger than the rest 

 of the haft, and was made of black wood or ebony, to give 

 weight. 



Wapimbwe and Watongwe live in Ufipa, mixed with Bafipa. 

 Watuta and Wapimbwe live in Ulungu as a wild people, with 

 different chiefs, Watuta. 



The Watuta obtain their livelihood by the chase, and settle 



WATUTA WOMAN. 



