I860.] 



BUAZE CLOTH. ENORMOUS BOWS. 



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many of the men are engaged in spinning buaze*and cotton. 

 The former is made into a coarse sacking-looking stuff, im- 

 mensely strong, which seems to he worn by the women alone ; 

 the men are clad in uncomfortable goatskins. No wild 

 animals seem to be in the country, and indeed the popu- 

 lation is so large they would have very unsettled times of 

 it. At every turning we meet people, or see their villages ; 

 all armed with bows and arrows. The bows are unusually 

 long : I measured one made of bamboo, and found that along 

 the bowstring it measured six feet four inches. Many carry 

 large knives of fine iron ; and indeed the metal is abundant. 

 Young men and women wear the hair long, a mass of small 

 ringlets comes down and rests on the shoulders, giving them 

 the appearance of the ancient Egyptians. One side is often 

 cultivated, and the mass hangs jauntily on that side ; some 

 few have a solid cap of it. Not many women wear the 

 lip-ring : the example of the Waiyau has prevailed so far ; 



UfJ^V 



Tattoo on Women. 



but some of the young women have raised lines crossing 

 each other on the arms, which must have cost great pain : 

 they have also small cuts, covering in some cases the whole 

 body. The Maravi or Manganja here may be said to be in 

 their primitive state. We find them very liberal with their 



* A fine fibre derived from the shoots of a shrub (Secitridaca Longi- 

 pedunculata). 



