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who has a bed to himself. The women never eat with the 
men ; each has her own dish and eats in private ; the boys 
also eat by themselves. The men are very good swimmers, 
and they have canoes made out of a single tree, which serve 
them for crossing from one island to another. 
The Bagos are quite black, with curly hair ; they shave 
the front of the head, and let the hair grow at the back ; 
anointing it with palm-oil, which makes it look very much 
like sheep's wool. When the men go to Kakondy on busi- 
ness, they put on trowsers and a European hat ; but, as 
soon as they return, they lay this costume aside, and resume 
the pagne« 
