WIFE BEATING. 
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of small holes in an iron plate, the wire being each time 
forced through a smaller hole than the last, until it is 
drawn out into lengths of the requisite calibre, and in 
this state wound round a very thin iron rod; another 
then proceeds to cut through each coil, thus forming a 
number of fine and small rings, which a third welds 
together and hammers into links of the necessary shape, 
the result being a really fine-wrought chain, afterwards 
employed for ear-rings or necklaces, or for the adorn¬ 
ment of snuff-boxes. We asked Mandara to make us 
some spears, and he promised to do so if we sent him 
enough wire for the purpose, but he never fulfilled his 
promise. The warriors are further equipped with large 
oval shields of buffalo hide, short swords, knives, and 
“ knob-kerries ” of hard wood or rhinoceros horn. 
Here, in contrast to other places, the women were not 
allowed to loiter about the camp, especially if Mandara 
or his head-men were about ; even when they brought 
us bananas, &c., they only stopped long enough to deposit 
their loads and then left as quickly as they could. I 
noticed on our arrival a crowd of women watching us 
with apparent curiosity, but they retired precipitately 
on our nearer approach, and I afterwards learned that 
these were mostly wives of Mandara who beat some 
of them severely when he was told of their curiosity, 
and inquired “ why they wanted to look at the white 
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men. 
