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string, with circular ear-flap and a ridged crest ; and 

 likewise some leg-armour. 



The inhabitants of Musgum have recently adopted 



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COESELET. 



Helmet. 



the Mahommedan faith, but they used to be pagans, 



and as such were exposed to constant slave - raids. 



The Bagirimi attacked them 



from the East and the Bor- 



nuese from the North, and the 



slaves of their tribe were passed 



on to many parts of Africa, 



Denham, in his journey of 



1822-24, saw a Musgu woman 



in Bornu, and commented on 



the plug she wore in her lip, 



the size of a shilling, to make 



room for which her front teeth 



had been taken out. Since then 



the barbarism has increased, 



and women now wear plugs 



nearly three inches in diameter. 



As little girls, between eight and ten, the outer skin 

 of their lips is slit open, and light metal discs, ap- 

 proximately circular, with rounded groove encircling 



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Reed-shield. 



