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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LX. 
the walls being ten feet high to the beginning of the 
roof, but consisting merely of matting, which was 
coated with clay. The roof was supported by a 
pole in the middle. The hut was full of larger or 
smaller vessels of clay, and was apparently intended 
for a considerable household. The woodcut below 
will give a full idea of the comfort which an African 
household in this region possesses. 
1. Joddrde, a clay seat of semicircular shape, raised about afoot, on each side of 
the door. 
2. Lj'ggere, two round shallow holes in the floor, measuring about eight inches 
in diameter, to place the dishes during dinner, in order to prevent them 
from being upset. 
3. Kosdndi, a half-oval- shaped place, surrounded by a slight clay rampart, 
about two and a half feet high, for containing luggage, &c. 
4. Hurgal, a sort of clay bank, about six feet in length, and about a foot in 
height, and rather narrow. 
5. Three " benbel," or lai-ge-sized clay jars, for containing corn. 
6. Six smaller "benbel," called "mabbirgel benbel. 1 ' 
7. Hobinfrde, the cooking-place, consisting of four stones, or rather clay mounds, 
protected against any gust of wind by a slight wall towards the side of the 
door, while its privacy is already sufficiently guaranteed by the large clay 
jars. 
8. Two movable seats, or joddrde, one of round, the other of an oblong shape, 
both made of wood. 
9. Kekimakka, or middle pole, for supporting the roof of the hut. 
Besides the immovable articles, if we exclude the 
two smaller seats of wood which were movable, only 
very few utensils had been left in the hut by the 
