270 CHIEFS & CITIES OF CENTRAL AFEICA 



side the town walls show what an important industry 

 pottery is. 



There are also large numbers of carved wooden 

 bowls, into which soft native tin that looks just like 

 tinfoil from a chocolate box is beaten, but it is not 

 effective, for it flakes off. 



The people sleep on mud-beds, and beneath each are 

 two holes, where fires are lit every night, even when 



Clay Toys. 



Clay Rider. 



Doll. 



Lazy-Tongs. 



Doll. 



Cotton Stick. 



the natural temperature is at 87°. Had I not seen the 

 hot ashes myself I could not have believed it. 



Amongst the ashes a clay horse was stabled. Its 

 owner, a little boy, pulled it out to show it to me, 

 and also a small clay rider, whose figure consisted 

 of two legs and a trunk that were so exactly alike 

 as to be interchangeable. The whole was enveloped 

 in a rag, and he had even got a saddle and horse- 



