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gradually increased in size until the lip frequently protrudes an June, 

 inch and a half or two inches, giving a particularly hideous ex- i^'^'*- 

 pression, and making their articulation very indistinct. 



WOMEN OF UBUDJWA. 



Their clothing consists of from one to three leather cushions, 

 very much like buffaloes' horns in shape, the thickest parts be- 

 ing placed behind and the tapering points in front. A small 

 piece of bark-cloth, about six inches wide by eight or ten deep, 

 is' tucked into the front part to serve as an apron. Skin a23rons 

 are worn by the men, wdio smear the undipped wool with red 

 clay and grease. They also tattoo their faces, and rub in lamp- 

 black after a fashion that gives them the appearance of having 

 been badly scratched by a cat, black blood having been drawn 

 instead of red. 



Both sexes of all classes carry little carved images round 

 their necks, or tied to the upjjer part of their arms, as a charm 

 against evil spirits. They are usually hollow, and filled with 

 filth by the fetich man. 



We left Pakwanywa's, on the 19th of June, for Pakhundi ; 

 and, directly after starting, pass6d a stream rising in a hot 

 spring, the water wdiere we crossed being 107° Fahrenheit, 

 wdiile the air was only 70°. At the spring the water bubbled 

 up in a sort of fountain, and there the heat must have been 

 much greater; but it was impossible to reach it on account of 

 mud and weeds. Notwithstanding, the temperature of the wa- 

 ter, trees, plants, and frogs flourished in it. 



To Pakhundi the road lay across fairly level country, partly 

 jungle and partly clearing, and one sandy plain, wnth many 

 palms. There were several small streams, all flowing toward 



