GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



with twisted wire and sequins or bright glass beads. 

 The rolls themselves are imported from Germany. 

 Baruku presented me with a set of six he had 

 asked a woman to make for me, he would not hear 

 of my paying for them, although fond of money. 



A Swahili woman's ornaments consist of either 

 glass and gold-coloured beads or large red beads, 

 silver bracelets, and nose buttons of gold. 



The jewellery of the richer ones is described in 

 another chapter. 



Sometimes the boys will cover themselves with 

 a strong penetrating scent, which makes the whole 

 house smell most unpleasantly, and occasionally they 

 contaminated my dog with it, and I in turn by 

 stroking him got it on my hands, and several good 

 washings failed to take it away. They have great 

 faith in and fear of their medicine-man, and are 

 entirely under him. It is a good plan when any- 

 thing important is stolen to call in his aid, as he, 

 when European and police help is useless, will often 

 find both the object and the thief. 



Both men and women love " Ngomas," literally 

 drums to which they dance, any excuse does for an 

 ngoma, which they will keep up half the night. 

 There are several other musical instruments, 

 stringed and made of gourds, hollow metal vessels 

 beaten with sticks, and tom-toms of gourds stretched 

 with goat-skin. One of the boys' dances seems 



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