THE STORY OF AN OUTING 



in^their_^roxiniate nudity, decoration and fashion took 

 the form of_tatjtoging^and physical disfigurements 



I present several photographs sriowmg the extent to 

 which the rim and lobe of the ear are stretched and 

 become a receptacle for ornaments by the tribes with 

 whom I came in contact. They load themselves down 

 with coils of wire, usually steel or copper. Anything in 

 the form of metal commands their admiration. 



Maize, millet, beans, and a coarse legume are the 

 principal native food, and enough for their sustenance is 

 easily raised and with little labor. Why should the 

 negro work_L The hut tax of three rupees per annum is 

 got with little effort, and easy indolence marks their 

 general life. To develop wants on their part, shoes and 

 clofries7 for instance, tobacco and the white man's food, 

 seem the only way to improve the labor supply. The 

 Germans in German East Africa have grappled the 

 problem in true German fashion. They compel every 

 negro to work for white men at least two months per 

 year; each negro is furnished a ticket, upon which is 

 punched the number of days employed by each em- 

 ployer. Then the commissioner of labor comes around, 

 and every man who is short of the required two months is 

 forced into a gang of workmen and compelled to work 

 for the government three times the number of days he is 

 deficient. He may work for whom he pleases and for 

 as many different employers as he chooses, but he must 

 contribute at least two months' labor to the white man's 

 burden. As an incentive he is exempt from taxation in 

 case he performs the required labor. 



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