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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. 



