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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
OKN AMENTS, ANDIBOORA. 
iron were also worn ; from liis riglit shoulder a bnlloek^s hide was 
slung, insignia of authority. 
Both sexes wear absurd ornaments : the women a cone of spar 
in each lip, that in the under one six inches in length, and three- 
quarters of an inch in diameter at the base, its weight drawing 
down the lip and displaying the teeth in a revolting manner. 
The natives of the district are subject to a peculiar malady which 
produces knob- like protuberances on different parts of the body. 
