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silver, or copper rings, solid or hollow, plain or em- 

 bossed, with or without hinges. A Yekdani (single 

 gem, or 6 union '), a cordiform or oval brooch and 

 pendents of precious stones or stained glass, mass- 

 ively set in gold, hangs round the neck by a 

 string of bullet-sized gold-foiled beads. The 

 Matale (anklets) are of silver worth, that is to 

 say weighing, from $10 to $20. A Kirt, Kupini, 

 P'hete ya Pua, or flower-shaped ornament of gold, 

 silver, or base metal, is worn in the wing of the 

 left nostril. Earrings are of many varieties : the 

 rim is pierced sometimes all round for silver Hal- 

 keh or rings, whose place is supplied amongst the 

 poor with leaden c Kipim (in the plural 6 Vipini ') . 

 The lobe is bored and trained to encircle a disk of 

 silver or ivory ; the slaves use a bright-coloured 

 roll of palm leaf, and when that is not procurable, 

 a betel-nut : the result is unnatural distension, 

 and in age the ear, as among the Moplahs of 

 Malabar, hangs down, a mere strip of skin, to 

 the collar bone. They have also the Kengele, 

 copper balls for the neck ; the Mpogo, or ivory 

 ring ; the Kikomo, a copper or brass bracelet ; the 

 Mkhufu, or silver necklace chain; the Mchuhu, 

 or coarse Cassolette, and a variety of Talismans or 

 Grigris (Hirizi) round the wrists and ankles. 

 These women, like most Easterns, prefer strong 



