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that of distorting the lobe of the ear by stretching 
it until it hangs down quite five or six inches. It is 
then pierced and decorated in various ways—by 
sticking through it a piece of wood two or three 
inches in diameter, or a little round tin canister, and 
by hanging to it pieces of chain, rings, beads, or 
MASAI WOMEN. 
bunches of brass-headed nails, according to fancy. 
Nearly all the men wear little bells on their ankles 
to give notice of their approach, while the women 
are very fond of covering themselves with large 
quantities of iron or copper wire. ‘Their limbs, 
indeed, are often almost completely encased with 
these rings, which I should think must be very 
