GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



shaped noses and good eyes. Boys and old men 

 shave their heads, and pull out the hairs off the 

 rest of their body and faces, but warriors let it 

 grow on their heads as long as it will ; it is woolly 

 and they pull the cords, which are like those of a 

 corded poodle, and braid leather in with them, 

 forming one queue behind and one each side and 

 another low down their foreheads in front (as illus- 

 tration). From this last they are fond of hanging a 

 triangular piece of thin iron by a small chain, 

 which is rather effective, shining low down on 

 their foreheads. 



These queues they anoint with oil or mutton 

 fat, mixed with the red clay so much to be seen ; 

 they are not content with doing their hair alone, 

 but smear their whole bodies, clothes, and orna- 

 ments with the same, looking exactly, as they 

 stand at rest, often with one leg having the other 

 foot resting on that knee, like a bronze statue, 

 only slightly more red in colour. The women, un- 

 like the men, are always well covered, except the 

 chest and breasts. They wear a large cloth or 

 piece of soft leather round their shoulders, under 

 one and over the other, and another skin round 

 their waist, meeting in front but allowing their 

 knees and very often half their thighs to show at 

 each step they take. This is important, as they 

 then show their ornaments, which consist of heavy 

 coils of iron wire wound round and round their 



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