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skull and horns of an antelope. The neatly thatched roof is kept tidy by 

 long bamboos being fastened down over the thatch to withhold the grass 

 from blowing about. The thatch among the Nandi houses is not quite so 

 tidy. Inside these dwellings there are raised benches or platforms of mud 



492. A SABEI JIAN OF THE XANDI STOCK, NOKTH ELGON 



about six inches above the floor level These are used as sleeping places. 

 There is only one fireplace, in the centre of the hut, and about a third 

 of the interior space is shut off as a compartment for goats. Above the 

 sleeping places is a ceiling of wickerwork on which are stored pots and 

 gourds of grain, bundles of tobacco, etc., leaving a space below, above 



