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are exceedingly ugly and of a low type. The men 
wear nothing in the way of dress but a scanty and 
very dirty cloth thrown over the shoulders, while 
the women attire themselves only in a short kilt 
which is tied round them very low at the waist. 
“THE WOMEN ATTIRE THEMSELVES ONLY IN A SHORT KILT.” 
Both men and women adorn themselves with brass 
chains round the neck and coils of copper and iron 
wire round the arms. 
The nearest native inhabitants to Tsavo are the 
Wa Taita, who dwell in the mountains near N’dii, 
some thirty miles away. My work often took me 
to this place, and on one of my visits, finding 
