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(he of the insult. If. however, tliese eoverings are touched or torn off by 

 an enemy or a stranger no luirni is done. I'nt if tlie men are careless 



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about body covering thev de\()(e ccjnsiderahle pains to their head-gear. 

 Besides circlets of hipjiopotamus ivory they will wear large tufts of lilack 

 ostrich feathers over the forehead, or shaggy plumes made from cocks' 

 feathers, or the long tails of the Chera (widow finch). They also construct 



