chap, ix.] THE LIFE OF WOMEN SPARED IN WAR. 
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Turks fired upon women. Among all tribes, from 
Gondokoro to Obbo, a woman is respected, even in 
time of war. Thus, they are employed as spies, and 
become exceedingly dangerous; nevertheless, there is 
a general understanding that no woman shall be killed. 
The origin of this humane distinction arises, I imagine, 
from their scarcity. Where polygamy is in force, women 
should be too dear to kill; the price of a girl being 
from five to ten cows, her death is equal to the actual 
loss of that number. 
Fortunately for my party, who were not cattle lifters, 
there was the usual abundance of game, and I could 
always supply myself and people with delicious wild 
ducks and geese. We never were tired of this light 
food, as we varied their preparation. Sometimes I 
was able to procure a goat, on which occasion a grand 
dish was made, the paunch being arranged as a Scotch 
“ haggis ” of wild fowls’ livers and flesh minced, with 
the usual additions. My garden was flourishing ; we 
had onions, beans, melons, yams, lettuce, and radishes, 
which had quickly responded to several invigorating 
showers; the temperature was 85° in the shade during 
the hottest hours of the day, and 72° at night. 
Salt is not procurable in Latooka; the natives 
seldom use it, as it is excessively difficult to make it 
in any quantity from the only two sources that will 
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