. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 374 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. or horn, their ears, nostrils, and fingers with rings of silver. An apron reaching to the ankle is worn round the loins instead of trousers, and the shawl is wound in picturesque folds around breast and shoulders. The boys go naked until their sixth or eighth year; the girls wear from their fourth year an exceedingly becoming tassel-apron, made of fine strips of leather, and often decorated with glass-beads or Fig. 55.—A H'ubia
. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 374 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. or horn, their ears, nostrils, and fingers with rings of silver. An apron reaching to the ankle is worn round the loins instead of trousers, and the shawl is wound in picturesque folds around breast and shoulders. The boys go naked until their sixth or eighth year; the girls wear from their fourth year an exceedingly becoming tassel-apron, made of fine strips of leather, and often decorated with glass-beads or Fig. 55.—A H'ubian Village on the Nile. All the Nubians settled in the valley of the river live in four- cornered huts, more or less cubical in form. The walls are some- times built of sun-dried bricks, and then they slope slightly inwards as they ascend, or the house may consist of a light wooden frame- work covered with straw. Usually there is but one room with a low door, and often the windows are represented only by air-holes; in fact the whole arrangements are of the simplest. The furnish- ings consist of a raised couch—the aukareb—with a cover of inter- woven strips of leather or bast; simple chests; well-finished, even water-tight baskets; leather-bags; vessels for holding water, dhurra. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Thomson, Margaret R. , tr; Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933, ed. London [etc. ] Blackie & Son, Limited
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