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i,feiii'i'allv, f«(j iloiirwavs. ono o])]>o^ito tlio otlicr. ()utsi(lp tlu^ front 

 iloiirwaN" the i-iHil' is jji'dloni^rcil into a kind of ]iorcli wliicli opens out in ;i 

 great liorseshoe sliape. sonietliini;' like tlie old •• coalsciittle " honm^t. Tlie 



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d(jonvay is fairh' loft v— nnieli niore so than in anv otlier tvjie of Neirro 

 lionse — but tlie il(.ioi-|i(ists. whicli ai-e generally small tree-trunks encased 

 in a I'ec^d covering. cou\'erg(^ soinewliat in tln-ir upper ext)-(^niit ies. so that 

 the shape of the door is a \ei'y long o\"al. The int(.'rior of a chief's 

 house has th(" gen(^ral le\el of the flour raised at least a foot alio\-i' the 

 ground liy a hard structun' of clay smeared o\-er with mud ;ind cow-dune-, 

 So that it is aljsolutely smooth, and in some jilaces is shiii\- and filack 

 with till-' jiolish of feet gciing to and fro. ( )thei' daises (jften rise in steps 

 above the level (jf the floor. The roof is relati\el\' yi'vv hiu-h in the 



