Il Sherbro e il suo entroterra . in stato di occupazione di somefamily. Essi hanno immediatamente spostato fuori e disposto ofthemselves tra i loro amici in altre capanne. Thecontents delle capanne di solito consisteva in due o threelighted registri per il fuoco nel centro del rifugio. Suspendedfrom puntoni era una canna griglia palm circa quattro o fivefeet sopra il fuoco e su questo è stato messo niente thatneeded da fumo-essiccato. Più frequentemente di quanto non theceiling della casa, che è stata fatta di metà-nervature di bambù foglie di palmo mettere fianco a fianco, è stato notonly annerita dal fumo ma aveva a lungo le stalattiti

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The Sherbro and its hinterland . at was in the occupation of somefamily. They immediately moved out and disposed ofthemselves amongst their friends in other huts. Thecontents of the huts usually consisted of two or threelighted logs for the fire in the centre of the hut. Suspendedfrom the rafters was a cane palm grid about four or fivefeet over the fire and upon this was put anything thatneeded to be smoke-dried. More frequently than not theceiling of the house, which was made up of the mid-ribs of bamboo palm leaves put side by side, was notonly blackened by the smoke but had long stalactites ofcongealed soot hanging down from it, giving the place amost filthy and disagreeable appearance. These soot-icles were sometimes eighteen inches long, and mightbe counted by the hundred. They were exceedinglyunpleasant, because pieces of this sooty mass were con-tinually dropping down upon your books, papers and bed, falling into your plates, and upon your head. The peoplerarely removed these things from some reason which I did. CH. XII UP-COUNTRY JOTTINGS 103 not gather, —but it was quite evident that they liked thembeing there ; consequently, as I was only remaining for anight or two, and not wishing to disturb their domesticcomfort more than was absolutely necessary, I put up withthe inconvenience rather than interfere with their customs.It is curious that they should have allowed so much dirt toaccumulate at the upper part of the house when they wereso particular in cleaning up the ground which formed thefloor. Huts are round or parallelogram in shape, and mostlyhave mud walls, but in some places in Lower Sherbro—upon parts of Sherbro Island for instance—where it is sand, and mud is not obtainable, a peculiar kind of coarse canemat is used, called Kru mats. Naturally there is plenty ofventilation through them, and huts with these mat walls areexceedingly cool. A ruder kind of hut is constructedsimply of whole palm leaves, but they are usually onlymet with in the small

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