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BANTU NEGROES 



|ilR'toi(ni|ili gi\'o> e>;ain|ilp> of lliiua >[n ars mixed with 

 ruder \v('a]i(iii> of tlie PJairo. The bow is alioiit four fe 

 string iiia(h' of llie t^nt i>i' eatth^. aiitehipt-'S, or slieeji. 



a few of the 

 et I'liig, with a 

 The arrows aie 



about eigliteeii inelies long, witli liavlx-M 

 The i|ui\ev in wldcli the arrows are 



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leads, lait as a rule not poisoned, 

 ejit is sometimes a \ery artistic 

 piece of workmanship. It is 

 made of hard white wood, like 

 a long tulle with wooden ca})S 

 at each end, and is slung liy 

 a string across the shoulders. 

 The white Wood is burnt into 

 by red-hot irons, and in this 

 kind of pokerwork striking 

 designs of black cover the 

 white wood. Inside the quiver 

 a tire-stick is u.-ually kept, 

 as well as a selection of 

 arrows. 



The sitield of Ankole proper 

 and some of the surrounding 

 countries is small, \'ery con\'ex, 

 made (jf tiglit basketwork, and 

 with a large central boss of 

 wood, or in sonre cases of iron. 

 Along the eastern coast-lands 

 of Lake Albert Edw-ard the 

 shield, presumably of the l^airo, 

 is larger, not (juite so convex, 

 and is made of hippopotamus 

 hide. Both shields are oval in 

 sha])e. 



As regards iriijjleriients 

 rather than weapons, the Bahima 

 use a small sickle (illustrated 

 in the pbotograjih of weapons) 

 and a liroad knife-blade fitted 

 I hirig [)ole with which they can cho[) at the 

 branches of trees. As they never by any chance till the ground, they 

 have no hoes or agricultural implements. Occasionally long knives are 

 carried in I'ather pretty lia^ketw(]rk slieathes. In many of the Hima 

 villages of Airkole there are smithies, generally separated from the rest of 

 the village by a low fence. Ironstone containing iron ore is bi-oken into 



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