. From the Niger to the Nile . f them, and in theeyes of a tribesman the face of a woman is expressionlesswithout them. To-day one finds many women withadditional marks self-imposed. I remember being puzzledthe fijst time I saw a woman thus altered, and when I askedwhy she was different in this respect from the rest of herpeople, she answered that she wished to be more Kanembu women are particularly friendly, alwaysgreeting the traveller with smiles and a Lalli lalU, wissiwissi, which means, How are you, I hope you are well. Though the Kanembus are now able to live in peace andpu
. From the Niger to the Nile . f them, and in theeyes of a tribesman the face of a woman is expressionlesswithout them. To-day one finds many women withadditional marks self-imposed. I remember being puzzledthe fijst time I saw a woman thus altered, and when I askedwhy she was different in this respect from the rest of herpeople, she answered that she wished to be more Kanembu women are particularly friendly, alwaysgreeting the traveller with smiles and a Lalli lalU, wissiwissi, which means, How are you, I hope you are well. Though the Kanembus are now able to live in peace andpursue their pastoral calHng for the most part unmolested,they are not yet altogether out of the wood ; in a veryliteral sense, for, when in the dry season they drive theirherds down to the Lake, they take them through thick bushall the way to screen themselves and avoid the open ground FROM KUKAWA TO KADDAI 307 along tlic shore, until they get oppusite to the watering-place. This they do for fear of the Tubus, the robber tribes. KAXE3IBU of the Sahara, who live by raiding and slave-trading. Theseruffians are very daring at times. While we were at Kaddaia party of them carried of! three girls a,nd a boy from theneighbourhood of Kowa itself. But they were promptlypursued by the Lowans horsemen and their victimsrecovered. Game in the country is fairly plentiful and , lions, hartebeest, kob, and gazelle are to be 308 FROM THE NIGER TO THE NILE found. The Kanembu hunter turns his attention chiefly tothe three last named, for which he employs traps as a generalrule. The most usual is made as follows : a ring of woodwith spikes upsloping towards the centre is placed on theground, then a noose, to which is attached a log of wood,is laid over it. The beast puts its foot through the ring,drawing the noose from the inclined spikes to a positionwell up the legs, where, tightened by the drag of the block,it gets taut and cannot slip down ; the frightened beastthu
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