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proximity^ and by them are subjugated to a state of approximate 
bondage. The Djour of this place have a more intellectual appear- 
ance^ and are not so jet-black as the tribes we have hitherto 
travelled through. In stature they also differ^ being better set 
and not so tall. The majority of the males cover their nakedness 
with bits of hide_, sometimes made into bags ; and the females em- 
ploy bunches of green leaves,, but of scanty proportions. The women 
(in their opinion ornament,, but really) distort the upper lip by the 
insertion of a small piece of ebony wood^ the size of a sixpence. 
Both sexes wear amulet necklaces composed of small pieces of 
different roots ; iron bracelets and anklets — the latter exclusive to 
the women — are general,,, and both sexes anoint their bodies with 
oil and a mixture of oxide of iron^ giving them the appearance of 
Indians when in full dress. Their arms are bow and arrow^ lance 
and club, the quiver ornamented with a large tassel of black 
goat^s long hair. Their habits are strictly agricultural, and their 
utensils — hoe, adze and axe ^adjoining sketches will represent. 
The only domestic animals are goats and fowls. In their fields 
they cultivate principally dourra and duchn on an extensive scale ; 
seezam, and a strong-smelling plant, unlike mint, but pronounced 
a species of such by Dr. Murie ; tobacco, and a variety of gourds 
and calabashes; and of vegetables, the bamia, yams, and sweet 
potato, called by them matau. Some of each of these were 
presented to us. Magwai, the chief, was generous in his hospi- 
tality, one present quickly succeeding another; thus, after fruit 
and vegetables, he brought a pair of fowls, and scarcely were 
they consigned to the cook, when he insisted on our acceptance of 
three goats. In return my wife gratified his five wives with 
donations of beads ; I requested him to take his choice from our 
cattle, and he selected a bull. In compliance with his request, I 
