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and necklaces of beads, cowrie shells and the like, 

 finish them out in all their gorgeousness. They 



ould sink like plummets. Their job in life, beside 

 lugging all this stuff about, is to carry in firewood 

 and forage. At any time of the day long files of 

 them can be seen bending forward under their bur- 

 dens. These they carry on their backs by means 

 of a strap across the tops of their heads; after the 

 fashion of the Canadian tump line. 



The next cut above the shenzi, or wild man, is the 

 individual who has been on safari as carrier, or has 

 otherwise been much employed around white men. 

 From this experience he has acquired articles of 

 apparel and points of view. He is given to ragged 

 khaki, or cast-off garments of all sorts; but never to 

 shoes. This hint of the conventional only serves to 

 accent the little self-satisfied excursions he makes 

 into barbarism. The shirt is always worn outside, 

 the ear ornaments are as varied as ever, the head is 

 shaved in strange patterns, a tiny tight tuft on the 

 crown is useful as fastening for feathers or little 

 streamers or anything else that will wave or glitter. 

 One of these individuals wore a red label he had — 

 with patience and difficulty — removed from one of 

 our trunks. He had pasted it on his forehead; and 

 it read "Baggage Room, Not Wanted." These 

 people are, after all, but modified shenzis. The 



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