Many carry large knives of fine iron; and indeed the metal is abundant.

Young men and women wear the hair long, a mass of small ringlets comes down and rests on the shoulders, giving them the appearance of the ancient Egyptians.

One side is often cultivated, and the mass hangs jauntily on that side; some few have a solid cap of it.

Not many women wear the lip-ring: the example of the Waiyau has prevailed so far; but some of the young women have raised lines crossing each other on the arms, which must have cost great pain: they have also small cuts, covering in some cases the whole body.

The Maravi or Manganja here may be said to be in their primitive state.