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outer wall. The huts of each family may be separated from their 

 neighbours by low fences of thorns or hedges of greenery. In the case 

 of all Kavirondo which lies between the Nzoia and Sio Rivers on the 

 south and the southern and western slopes of Elgon on the north, the 

 walled villages have a very remarkable appearance, and constantly suggest 

 to the European traveller the notion that the walls are due to teaching 

 given by some superior race from the north. On the outer side of this 



390. A "MATINEE HAT': KAVIEONDO (iN KAKUMEGA COUNTEY) 



more or less circular wall of clay there ■ is a deep moat, which may be 

 bridged over opposite to every gate. The gateways have jambs of hard 



