XILOTTC NEGROES 



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uiimaiTifd women and very often matvijiis -went >taik naked. Even 

 anioni;>t the prudish I'aganda. wlio made it a pnnislialile offence at one- 

 time for a man to ex[iose any part nf ld< leg abo\'e tlie knee, the wives 

 of the king would attend at his court perfectly naked. Among the 



418. ALUHU WO.M.V.N" ANll CIULP KKUM WAl^KLAI 



Kavirondo all unmarried girls are co;iipletely nude, and although women 



who have liecome mothers are su[)po-ed t<> wear a tiny covering before 



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more markedly among the Hamites and peoples of 3ilasai stock, the 



md behind, thev verv often completely neglect to do so when in their 

 ni villatfes. "i'et. as a general rule, among the Nile NVgnjes, and still 



