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found to have a tliin hardened outer layer of clay, whilst the 

 inside is quite soft, like a pad. Eings are worn in the lobe 

 and sides of the ear, but the lobes are very slightly distended. 

 Other ornaments are bracelets worn on the upper and the 

 lower arm, made of brass or iron wire or of hippopotamus -hide. 

 A round knife is also some- 

 times worn as a bracelet, the 

 edges being protected, as are 

 those of the blades of the Wa- 

 nyemps, Burkeneji, Elmolo, and 

 Eeshiat spears, with a leather 

 case. The very simple costume 

 of the men consists merely of a 

 circular apron about two and 

 a half inches long in front and 

 six inches long behind, made of 

 dressed kid-skin, the edges of 

 which are very prettily de- 

 corated with a row of gleaming- 

 home-made iron beads. The rounded knives already men- 

 tioned, bowS; arrows, and some inferior spears, complete their 

 equipment. I must add that all the men, but none of the 

 women, carry a little two-legged stool to sit upon, which also 

 serves them as a pillow at night. 



Most of the women who visited us were Burkeneji, and 

 behaved as their people always do, but there were a few 

 Eeshiat amongst them, who were pleasantly distinguished by 

 wearing costumes more suitable, in our eyes, for the female sex, 

 consisting of two short petticoats falling in folds, made of 

 dressed kid-skin. The upper portion of the body, however, was 

 quite naked. The Eeshiat women we saw were, on the other 

 hand, not nearly so good-looking as the Burkeneji, and we could 

 understand the latter being preferred by the men. 



EESHIAT EAR ORNAMENTS. 



IRON BEADS, NATURAL SIZE. 



