The natives of British Central Africa . th an axe, adding it isvery quickly done 1 A triangular gap between the two upper front teethis made by different tribes—the Anyika ^ of North-westNyasa being one. I have a note of a man whoseteeth had been chipped in this way, and whom Iunderstand to have been a Yao ; but, as he had gone toZanzibar early in life ( I do not know how—probablythrough slavery, said my English-speaking informant),there may have been some irregularity about histeeth. Some of the Makua tribes file each separate tooth toa point (as shown in the fourth example of our illus-trati

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The natives of British Central Africa . th an axe, adding it isvery quickly done 1 A triangular gap between the two upper front teethis made by different tribes—the Anyika ^ of North-westNyasa being one. I have a note of a man whoseteeth had been chipped in this way, and whom Iunderstand to have been a Yao ; but, as he had gone toZanzibar early in life ( I do not know how—probablythrough slavery, said my English-speaking informant),there may have been some irregularity about histeeth. Some of the Makua tribes file each separate tooth toa point (as shown in the fourth example of our illus-tration) ; this is also done by the Basenga, and, Ibelieve, other tribes near the Luangwa. The Batongaknock out the upper front teeth—or did so, in Living-stones time. When questioned respecting the originof this practice, the Batoka reply that their object is tobe like oxen, and those who retain their teeth they 1 Sir H. H. Johnston includes the Anyika among the Batumbuka, butDr. Elmslie says that the latter have their teeth

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