. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . fighting knife as wornby marle, buma, andd(3nyiro. ing, the scars being asbig as beans. The womenamongst the Buma andMarie disfigure the lowerlip in a very remarkablemanner, boring it first,and then gradually widening the opening tilla piece of ox-horn can be inserted, fromabout three to three and a half inches thick,by three inches long, the two openings of thepiece of horn being bunged up with mouth is by this means kept open, thelower incisors are broken off, the tonguebeing left exposed to
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . fighting knife as wornby marle, buma, andd(3nyiro. ing, the scars being asbig as beans. The womenamongst the Buma andMarie disfigure the lowerlip in a very remarkablemanner, boring it first,and then gradually widening the opening tilla piece of ox-horn can be inserted, fromabout three to three and a half inches thick,by three inches long, the two openings of thepiece of horn being bunged up with mouth is by this means kept open, thelower incisors are broken off, the tonguebeing left exposed to view, producing al-together a most revolting appearance. The speech, too, isnecessarily stammering. The next morning Qualla had his hands full, buying all thedhurra we wanted. The bartering, however, went on much CLUBS OF BUMAAND MARLE. BATEEKING WITH THE NATIVES 205 more quickly tlian usual, for Qualla liad liit on tlie expedientof using a metal measure which held twice as much as the onehitherto employed. The natives shook their heads when theyfound that for the same sized sack full (
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