268 CHIEFS & CITIES OF CENTKAL AFRICA 



beads in prayer, but they raise their eyes and give a 

 friendly greeting to the passers-by — even when they 



happen to be unbelievers and women like Mrs Talbot 

 and myself. 



The Mallamai number 120 out of a population'of some 

 1400 householders, but they are scribes and teachers as 

 well as religious men, and perform secular offices of trust. 



