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two men outside the village and sent away. Tor other laws, see the 
paragraph on Crimes. 
Hunting . — During the dry season the people devote much of 
their time to hunting. While spinning their cotton in the village 
yard the hunting parties are planned and arranged, chiefly by the 
young men. Their leader, generally the best and most experienced 
hunter, is called the ageet ; he settles the district to be hunted in, 
and lets the people in the neighbouring villages know w r hen the 
hunt is to take place. At the given time the several parties meet 
there, each led by their ageets , and blowing their horns, to hasten 
those who are late. When all have arrived at the place of meeting 
the chief ageet takes the supreme direction, and arranges everything 
connected with the hunt. After it is over they reassemble at this 
place, and the ageet tells them where the next hunt is to take 
place. These hunting parties are not at all identical with war 
parties. There are no rewards given to successful hunters; each 
man hunts for himself, and retains his own spoil ; if a man has 
more game than he wants, he gives to his friends or sells the 
remainder. If several shoot at the same animal, it is divided 
between them. Very few serious quarrels occur while hunting. 
There are no laws for the preservation of game, and they shoot 
everything that comes in their way ; the whole country is free for 
all to hunt in, even should the hunters belong to a neighbouring 
tribe. The skin and horns of an animal belong to its slayer. The 
meat is preserved by drying it in the sun or smoking it over the fire. 
The hunting weapons are used for war too, but not as tools. They 
use spears, and bows and arrows. They can hit birds on the wing. 
Dogs are trained to hunt. The Tors very often fire the forest, and 
then place themselves in a favourable spot, so that the frightened 
animals may fall an easy prey to their spears. Guinea fowl are 
driven into nets ; snares made of string are used for catching birds. 
Game is carried home in the hand or on the shoulder, or on a pole 
carried between two or four people. Should the animal be very 
large it is cut up on the spot and taken home in pieces, none 
being left to waste. Sometimes small hunting parties are made 
up of horsemen, who go long distances in search of game; the 
horses are used for hunting the wild boar and for running down 
ostriches. All other animals are attacked on foot. Should the 
