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of water are always elevated above the cultivated plots, 
they will tap it at a convenient spot above the bed to be 
watered, and then 
turn the stream 
into a rough con¬ 
duit made of the 
hollow stems of ba¬ 
nanas cut in half, 
the end of each 
stem overlapping 
the next. Then ‘ 
as the water enters 
the last joint it is 
freely turned right 
and left, dispersing 
the vivifying stream 
in all directions. 
The food of the 1 , Wooden Hoe.—2. Leather Honey Case.—3. Gourd,— 
4. Wooden Tray or Dish.—5. Club made from Rhinoceros 
Wa-caga is mostly Hom.-e. Knife, 
vegetable. Fish are Fig * 77 -~ 6aga utensils - 
absent from the streams of their country; but, 
morever, like the Wa-taita, they think them unfit to 
eat, and of the same nature as serpents. They breed 
fowls in large numbers,, but merely to sell to the pass¬ 
ing caravans of traders from the coast, for they them¬ 
selves abjure poultry as food, thinking it unwhole¬ 
some and unmanly. Their other domestic animals 
are the ox, the goat, the sheep, and the dog, though 
the latter animal is rarely seen. The oxen are much 
valued. They belong to the humped Zebu breed prevalent 
throughout East Africa from the days of the ancient 
Egyptians. The goats are small and handsome, with 
poorly developed horns, drooping ears, and often two 
small appendages of skin in place of the ordinary 
