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Bondoo. There they always remain during the 
rains, at which time they find a sufficiency 
of pasturage and water for their cattle, but are 
obhged to wander in search of both after Janu- 
ary ; the banks of the rivers are their last re- 
source. Their appearance is extremely filthy 
and poor. They subsist chiefly on milk, a little 
corn, which they obtain in exchange for butter 
when in the vicinity of towns, and such game 
as they can kill. 
Their only furniture consists of a few mats to 
lie on, some wooden bowls and calabashes, and 
a few leather bags ; the latter serve them as 
churns, and to carry water in when encamped 
at a distance from where it is to be found. 
Their dress is very plain, being nothing more 
than a piece of cotton cloth, about two and a 
half yards long and three quarters wide, wrapped 
round the waist, and descending a little below 
the knees, with another of the same kind thrown 
over the shoulders. The men wear a cotton 
cap besmeared with grease, to which is some- 
times added, by way of ornament, the end of a 
cow's tail, died blue or red. Like all other pa- 
gans, they are very superstitious, and wear a 
great number of grigres, or charms, round 
their necks, arms and legs. They are inordi- 
nately fond of red cloth, which they make use 
of in covering those charms. Their weapons are 
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