NILOTIC XEGllOES 



77!) 



sou undev tll(l^o Conditions, when lie grows up. has uttrilinted to him 

 the niarriage-pvice of his ^i•^tel■s. which becomes his own property. As 

 regard> the naming oC children, it is considered \-ery unhickv to gi\-e a 

 good or well-sounding nair.e at liirth. <diildien are therefore called bv 

 contemptuous ov e\en (liM;u>ting app(dlations ('••ri(-ce of Dum.;- ' being a 

 not infre(|nent name), or are gnen tlie names of liea^ts, >nch as lio"', 

 leopard, giraffe, and so forth. 



After death W(_)men ar(^ s(ddom buried. 1 heir corjises are generally 

 thrown to the hya nas. Mei;. on the other hand, are in\'ariaf)l\- linried, 

 and generally in a Irencli dug 

 outside the door of their hoUM\ 

 whei'e their corp^e is laid in a 

 sleeping position. 



'I'lie pe(i[)le baye ordcthe \-agae>t 

 iKitiou of a. (iod — in (act. some of 

 tlicM' trilx^s are said to lia\c no 

 actual conception of an oNcrrulinn" 

 Deity. Theie is some \\"(ir>hip or 

 lemembrain'e of ance>tor^ among^t 

 them. cbiefl\' e\iderice(l liy little 

 (eti>b 1em[;les — couii.al roof^ of 

 thatch over a cirt-le of upi'ii;lit 

 sticks — lo be tound in Jllo^t of 

 the \illai;es. Iciunil about thi'se 

 teuniles they will tie Ion;;- loops 

 of sti'ing, li-oni \\hicli pieces of 

 gra>s hani; dow 11 wards. 'I'he lnedieille 

 nll■n are niiierall \' 1 he chiefs, '1 he\- 

 lia\'e much the same oiui'ii^ a-; lho<i' 

 that are dexaabed in the picceding 

 cbaptir among tic l\a\ irondo. 



The .Vcholi in their ilanee^ imitate liea^ts souK^what (daliorateh-. 'J hey 

 gema'alU' sing and dance at the >ame time, and the men cari'y small 

 drunl■^ under the arm. which the\' tap with tin-' fiug( rs. 



The manners and (ai-tom- of tlie Ju-lmi. a fragment of tlie Nilotic 

 ^leoples which i^ now i>olated. are \ery >imilar to tho-e of tic Alum (to 

 the north-west of the Albert N'vanza) and the Japalua (incoriect l\' called 

 ••Shefalu"). who li\e in the noithem ]:art of Tnyoro. It would seem, 

 indeed, as though at .-ome time or other the .laduo of Soutlcan Kaxirondo 

 had not come down dii'cct froiu the north-west, b'oiu the I/uigo country 

 where their neare>t relations reside at the | rexait day. Imt that a. large 

 tribe of Nilotic people clo>ely allied to the Acboli and Lango had formerly 



42>. I I.A.N'OO CHIEI-' WEAUIXG .V HKLMET Of 

 K.VUHI SHELLS 



