174 CUUIOUS HOMES AND THEIR TENANTS. 



cient lake-dwellers can be seen almost exactly repre- 

 sented in perhaps every respect except one, and this 

 is that every hamlet has its little church in the midst 

 of the houses of the native villagers, built as they 



Houses of lake- 

 dwellers on Lake 

 Mdiacaybo 



are upon piles, and surmounted by a belfry, which 

 summons the fishermen before going out and on com- 

 ing home from their day's labor to morning and 

 evening prayer. 



As you sit in these lake houses you can hear the 

 water ripple underneath, and the children can fish 

 from the open door or window, or can dive down 

 from the platform on which the house is built and go 



