306 THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. 



only the highest priced beads, coral and pink porce- 

 lains. As usual the males appear armed. Some im- 

 port from Unyamwezi and the westward regions the 

 long double-edged knife called sime, a 61 serviceable 

 dudgeon " used in combat or in peaceful avocations, 

 like the snick-an-snee of the ancient Dutch. Shields 

 are unknown. The bow is long: the handle and* the 

 horns are often adorned with plates of tin and zinc, and 

 the string is whipped round the extremities for strength. 

 The spear resembles that used by the Wanyamwezi in the 

 elephant-hunt : it is about four feet long, and the head is 

 connected with a stout wooden handle by an iron neck 

 measuring half the length of the weapon. t In eastern 

 ♦ITgogo, where the Masai are near, the Wagogo have 

 adopted their huge shovel-headed spears and daggers, 

 like those of the Somal. It is the fashion for men to 

 appear in public with the peculiar bill-hook used in 

 Usagara ; and in the fields the women work with the 

 large hoe of Unyamwezi. 



The villages of the Wagogo are square Tembe, low 

 and mean-looking for want of timber. The outer walls 

 are thin poles, planted in the ground and puddled with 

 mud. The huts, partitioned off like ships' bunks, are 

 exceedingly dirty, being shared by the domestic animals, 

 dogs, and goats. They are scantily furnished with a 

 small stool, a cot of cow's hide stretched to a small 

 framework, a mortar for grain, and sundry gourds 

 and bark corn-bins. About sunset all the population 

 retires, and the doors are carefully barricaded for fear 

 of the plundering Wahumba. At night it is dangerous 

 to approach the villages. 



The language of Ugogo is harsher than the dialects 

 spoken by their eastern and western neighbours. In the 

 eastern parts the people understand the Masai tongue. 



