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of movement in combination with endurance and the spirit of 

 adventure. It is the universal game of "Hare and Hounds" or 

 " Follow my leader ". After their work is done the boys .and girls 

 unite in play. The boys leave the water-wheel around which they 



Fig. 56.-Nubian Children at Play. 



have driven the oxen from early morning till dusk, or the field in 

 which they have worked with their father, or the young camel 

 which they have been teaching to trot. The girls leave the younger 

 brothers and sisters whom they have dragged rather than carried 



