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IN THE BLACK CHILD'S HOME

Among all nations before mills are introduced, people must crush their own grain before they can bake it. In Africa they do this in mortars with big pestles.

On the left is a group of African natives on the Zambesi river, and beside them a band of Zulus, a people who are particularly troublesome when on the warpath.

You can guess from its name what animal is fond of the fruit of this giant monkey-bread tree. Compare it with the slender palm trees on the right and the huts there shown with the one back of the Zulu warriors.