Through Uganda to Mount Elgon . rowth. Into this claythey stick ostrich feathers, which add consider-ably to their already great height and strikingappearance. Nowhere else in Africa have I seen the carebestowed upon infants which is to be met within Teso country; and one picture explains whatI mean. The tall mother has been on a journey,and her infant is resting in a very nicely madeskin sling on her back. To protect the childshead from the sun a gourd has been prepared,and can be seen in the picture hanging fromthe mothers neck and covering the babyshead. The pictures of a Teso house and gra
Through Uganda to Mount Elgon . rowth. Into this claythey stick ostrich feathers, which add consider-ably to their already great height and strikingappearance. Nowhere else in Africa have I seen the carebestowed upon infants which is to be met within Teso country; and one picture explains whatI mean. The tall mother has been on a journey,and her infant is resting in a very nicely madeskin sling on her back. To protect the childshead from the sun a gourd has been prepared,and can be seen in the picture hanging fromthe mothers neck and covering the babyshead. The pictures of a Teso house and grain storewill enable the reader to understand howcareful these seemingly wild people are tomake provision for the future. Care is taken to protect the unmarried girlsby making it compulsory for all young un-married men of a family or village to sleeptogether in a hut set apart from the rest; andit is said that after these youths have retiredthe elders prepare the ground in such a waythat trespassers are easily traced. This, how-. TESO HOUSE A\D GKAIX STORE.
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