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intended as a graceful way (for they are polite people) of 

 saying that they think his progress more or less triumphal 

 through the land. 



Before leaving the subject of native greetings, I might 



SHUA AND KANURI WOMEN 



mention that some of the more simple Pagans salute the 

 white man by falling to the ground and throwing earth over 

 themselves. Can it be that they wish to imply that they are 

 worms in his sight ? 



After leaving the market of Maidugari there is little to 

 record of the journey. The chain- work on the road kept both 

 of us occupied the whole way, and I did not make very many 

 excursions into the country for birds, as I found the dis- 

 tribution poor, the only one of interest being the black-breasted 

 bustard {Otis melanogaster), a beautiful bird which favours 



