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the village and carry the heavy loads for their lords 
and masters, the bundles being held in position on 
their back by a strap passing round the forehead. 
Notwithstanding this some of them are quite 
pleasant looking, and once they have overcome their 
fear of the European, do not object to being photo- 
graphed. 
Of the other tribes to be met with in this part 
of the world, the Kavirondo are the most interesting. 
They are an industrious, simple people, devoted 
to agriculture and hospitable in the extreme—a 
little addicted to thieving, perhaps, but then that 
is scarcely considered a sin in the heart of Africa. 
They are clothed (to use Mark Twain’s expression) 
in little but a smile, a bead or two here and there 
being considered ample raiment ; nevertheless they 
are modest in their ways and are on the whole 
about the best of the East African tribes. 
