. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . o clothes, and are merelysuspended in a rather wide strap passingover one shoulder of the mother and underthe other. As, however, the rays of the sunmight be injurious to them, a large gourdis cut in two pieces, hollowed out, and oneof the pieces inverted over the childs headand shoulders. The Gani have cattle, but are very poorherdsmen, and have suflered the herd todeteriorate in size and quality
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . o clothes, and are merelysuspended in a rather wide strap passingover one shoulder of the mother and underthe other. As, however, the rays of the sunmight be injurious to them, a large gourdis cut in two pieces, hollowed out, and oneof the pieces inverted over the childs headand shoulders. The Gani have cattle, but are very poorherdsmen, and have suflered the herd todeteriorate in size and quality. They can-not even drive their cattle properly, eachcow recognizing a special driver, who graspsthe tail iii one hand and a horn in the other,and thus diags and pushes the animal along. THE MADI TEIBE. Not very far from the Gani are situatedthe Madi tribe. They are dressed, orrather undressed, in a somewhat similarfashion. (See engraving on page 000.) Thewomen are very industrious, and are re- markable for the scrupulously neat andclean state in which they keep their morning the women may be seensweeping out their houses, or kneeling infront of the aperture which serves as a (1.) GROUP OF GANI AND MADl.(See page 430.)
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