. the scars being as FIGHTING KNIFE AS WORN BY MARLE, BUMA, AND DONYIRO. big as beans. The women amongst the Buma and Marie disfigure the lower lip in a very remarkable manner, boring it first, and then gradually widening the opening till a piece of ox-horn can be inserted, from about three to three and a half inches thick, by three inches long, the two openings of the piece of horn being bunged up with wood. The mouth is by this means kept open, the lower incisors are broken off, the tongue being left exposed to view, producing al- together a most revolting appearance. The speech, too, is nec
. the scars being as FIGHTING KNIFE AS WORN BY MARLE, BUMA, AND DONYIRO. big as beans. The women amongst the Buma and Marie disfigure the lower lip in a very remarkable manner, boring it first, and then gradually widening the opening till a piece of ox-horn can be inserted, from about three to three and a half inches thick, by three inches long, the two openings of the piece of horn being bunged up with wood. The mouth is by this means kept open, the lower incisors are broken off, the tongue being left exposed to view, producing al- together a most revolting appearance. The speech, too, is necessarily stammering. The next morning Qualla had his hands full, buying all the dhurra Ave wanted. The bartering, however, went on much CLUBS OF BUMA AND MARLE.
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