268 "AHAI OW MAZADAl" otherwise named " Gong Up." Here we come across such names as Toi Thif, Uz Kir, Bied Uz, or Bai Gam. They at least have the merit of simpHcity.

One very tall man put in an appearance here, and I greatly desired to measure him, but to this he entertained the strongest objection. Some superstitious folk in England have an aversion to the height of their children being taken, connecting it with the undertaker's requirements in regard to a coffin ; but such an idea formed no reason here, as such luxuries are not indulged in. A ruse became necessary, and by stealth a seven-foot spear was placed beside him, over which, a giant amongst tall men, he still towered by fully 6 inches.

Another fine fellow, almost approaching this Nuer in height, appeared with a terrible hole in his face, the upper jaw-front being missing, and the nasal orifices being one with the mouth. His upper teeth were displaced, and protruded at all angles.

This was occasioned by the attack of an elephant, which, throwing him down, had thrust his tusk into the poor fellow's face, causing a wound which would have destroyed anyone but a savage. I endeavoured to get details from him of the accident, but he evinced the greatest aversion to being questioned on what was apparently a highly distasteful subject.

The explanation of the sleek, comparatively cleanly looks of the women, who merely show the marks on their knees and shins caused by