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the front, but leaving it on at the crown, and plaiting 
that down in a circular plait ; sometimes allowing all to 
grow, and then training it into the form of flat-crowned 
cap. Those who slay an enemy in battle, or kill a rhino- 
ceros or elephant, are allowed as a mark of distinction 
to wear the ''Gutu," which are plaits of hair made to 
stand upright at the pole of the head. A few beads, 
brass and iron collars, white disks made from sea 
shells, and other ornaments, are worn round the neck, 
rings of brass and iron upon the arms, and a ring of 
lead or brass, of peculiar form, often adorns the little 
finger. Great men are allowed to wear upon the upper 
arm a ring of ivory. 
Their weapons are a long worana (spear) with an 
oval blade six inches long, a small circular wonta 
(shield), a knife with large heavy blade and short 
handle, and a big club made of the toughest and 
hardest wood. 
The women wear as their only garment a square 
skin brought round the body under the right arm, tied 
in a knot over the left shoulder, and gathered together 
round the waist with a thong ; a coil of brass or iron 
wire shines on one arm, and a dozen or two of loose rings 
of the same metals tinkle on the other ; the legs are 
treated in the same way ; beads load the neck, and a 
square breastplate of brass, lead, and copper, with a long 
fringe of pendent chain, hangs at the chest: all are kept 
highly polished. The hair is allowed to grow over 
the entire scalp, uncropped and untrimmed, and the 
more luxuriant it is the better they like it. To make 
the most of it they fray it out with skewers, after the 
style of Mrs. Siddons in the portrait by Russel, mak- 
ing sometimes an immense covering, overshadowing 
