while others are precisely like huge candle-extin-
guishers, about twenty-five feet high.. The roofs are
neatly thatched, at an angle of about 75°, resting upon
a circular wall about four feet high; thus the roof
forms a cap descending to within two feet and a half
of the ground. The doorway is only two feet and two
inches high, thus an entrance must be effected upon
all-fours. The interior is remarkably clean, but dark,
as the architects have no idea of windows. It is 1
a curious fact that the circular form of hut is the
only style of architecture adopted' among all the
tribes of Central Africa, and also among the Arabs
of Upper E g y p t; and that, although these differ more
or less in .the form of the roof, no tribe has ever yet
sufficiently advanced to construct a window. The
town of Tarrangolle is arranged with several entrances,
in the shape-of low archways through the palisades;
these are closed at night by large branches of the
hooked thorn of the kittur bush (a species of mimosa).
The main street is broad, but all others are studiously
arranged to admit of only one cow, in single file,
between high stockades ; thus, in the event- of an
attack, these narrow passages could be easily defended,
and it would be impossible to drive off their vast
herds of cattle -unless by the main street. The large
cattle kraals are accordingly arranged in various
.quarters'in connexion with the' great road, and the
•entrance of each kraal is a small archway in the
strong iron-wood fence" sufficiently wide to udnfit one
ox at a time. I Suspended from the arch is a bell,
formed of the shell of the JDolape palm-nut, against
which every animal must strike either its horns Or
back," on entrance. Every tinkle of the bell announces
the passage of an ox into the kraal, and they, are
thus counted every evening when brought home from
pasture. I
' I had noticed, during the march from Latomd, that
the vicinity of every town was announced by heaps of
human remains. Bones and skulls formed a Golgotha
within a quarter o f a mile of every village. Some of
these were in earthenware pots, generally . broken;
others.lay strewn here and there; while a heap in
the centre showed that some form had’ originally been
observed in their disposition. This was explained by
an extraordinary custom most rigidly observed by the
Latookas. Should a man be killed in battle the body
is allowed to remain where it fell, and is devoured by
■the vultures and hyenas; but.should he die a natural
death, he or she is buried in a shallow grave within
• a few feet of his own door, in the little courtyard that
surrounds each dwelling. Funeral dances are then
kept up in memory of the dead for several weeks; at