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The Negro children are very fond of music.

They keep time well, and often make sounds
like birds, running brooks, etc. They have many
games, also, and like to dance and play ball.
Many Negroes have been taken from their
homes in Africa, and sold as slaves. In our
own land there are millions. of black people, but
they all are free.

KONGO BOY.

dishes made of baked clay, spoons and pans of
tortoise shell, and skins filled with milk. For
weapons there are clubs, bows and arrows.
Among the Hottentots women do all the hard
work about home. They help also to tend the
cattle and sheep.
The dress of these people is very simple. It

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many tribes
of people,
called Kaf-
firs, live in
the southern
part of Africa.
Their color
varies from red-brown to black, but they all
belong to the black race.

The Kaffirs make garden tools and weapons
of copper and iron. They are a brave people, and
have fought hard to prevent the white men from
taking their lands.

The Kaffirs have herds of cattle, and they raise
large crops of corn. Milk and corn are their chief
articles of food.

‘Let us look into this Hottentot hut.

Kaftir Girl and Baby.

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consists of the skin of some animal, wrapped about
the body. Chiefs wear the skins of wild animals,
but the common people wear only sheepskins.

The Hottentots live in southern Africa. They
often move from place to place in search of grass
for their cattle and sheep. This is one reason
why they dwell in tents.

Many white people have now settled in southern
Africa. These have taught the tribes near them
how to make better homes and to use better weap-
ons. Other tribes still live in their wild state.

Does Tibbu live in a warm land or in a cold one?

Name some of the plants that grow in the Kongo basin.
Name some of the animals that are found there.
Describe the hut which Tibbu made.

Can you tell what the Kaffir huts are made of?

Tell how the Hottentot hut is made.