. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . FiG- 335-—Spindle. (One-fourth natural size, III. E., 5682.) ornamented boxes of bark (Fig. 336), and in cylindricalbins made of wood and wrapped round with strips of skin ;the lid is made of leather (Figs, ^tf, 33$). Hunting and fishing in the lake and in the rivers ispursued with much eagerness. In the extensive woods. 1 n t h e The Chase. Ruwana Plain, as well as inNata, the travelleroften comes acrosssmall hunting-boxes and pitfallsfor game. Theseare deep, narrowpits covered withthin brus
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . FiG- 335-—Spindle. (One-fourth natural size, III. E., 5682.) ornamented boxes of bark (Fig. 336), and in cylindricalbins made of wood and wrapped round with strips of skin ;the lid is made of leather (Figs, ^tf, 33$). Hunting and fishing in the lake and in the rivers ispursued with much eagerness. In the extensive woods. 1 n t h e The Chase. Ruwana Plain, as well as inNata, the travelleroften comes acrosssmall hunting-boxes and pitfallsfor game. Theseare deep, narrowpits covered withthin brushwood,duo- in scatteredplaces in the wood,or in great numbersto the right and tothe left of the footpaths. On one occasion I countedover 200 in a half-hours walk. In Nata I saw severalsuch small pitfalls, arranged like a chess-board (Fig. 339).Near the Ruwana River I saw a peculiar contrivancefor catching game on a large scale. Two high walls ofpalisades, pretty far asunder at first, gradually converge Fig. 336.—Bark Box.(One-fourth natural size, III. E., 5750.) VICTORIA NYANZA like a wedge, leaving an exit at the narrow end (Fig. 340).Just outside the exit numerous pitfalls covered with
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