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cylindrical, blue beads of European manufacture, and those 

 tlie}^ had seemed to us old, though we could not find out how 

 they got here.-^ Our pretty blue Ukuta beads were at once 

 hailed with delight as Tcharra, and looked upon as of equal 

 value. But, as before stated, we only had a few strings of 

 them, and could not part with these, or we should have spoiled 

 our own market. 



There was a great demand for the hairs of giralFes' tails and 

 for horsehair, the women using them to string their beads and 

 the men to wind round the padding of their chignons. 



We were able to learn very little either about the tribes 

 living near the Eeshiat, who spoke of them all, except the Marie 

 already mentioned, with the greatest contempt, calling them 

 mangati, or wild beasts. 



The nearest neighbours of the Eeshiat on the east are 

 the Amdrr, in whose district iron seems to be found, as it is 

 from them that the Eeshiat get their weapons and ornaments. 

 The Amdrr apparently cultivate dhurra and keep bees, the 

 hives being in holes made in the ground. They generally have 

 a superfluity of provisions, but when we arrived they were 

 suffering from famine, and every day parties of Amdrr came 

 over to exchange their cattle for a little dhurra. 



North of the Amdrr live the Bachada, who also till the soil 

 and own small herds of cattle, whilst on the west dwell the 

 Turkana, or Elgume, and on the north-west are the Donyiro, 

 who are nearly related to the Turkana. The Eeshiat are on 

 hostile terms with the Turkana, but pretty good friends with 

 the rest of their neighbours. 



We were told that the Buma, Marie, Budu, Kerre, and 

 Murdu (perhaps more accurately spelt Murdhu or Murzu) live 

 by the Nianamm, the more easterly of the two rivers mentioned 



^ Beads of a similar shape are met with in great quantities amongst the Wakamba, 

 the girls wearing thick rolls of them round their loins, but we did not happen to 

 come upon them elsewhere in our expedition. 



