African Blood Brotherhood

The ruethod of making blood brothtrbood aiiioug the Galla aud Somalí has its peeuliarities. It is described by Williaw Astor Chanler in "Through Juu gle and Desert :" Lokomagul, on behalf of his people, and I, ou behalf of my own, each seized in our right hand a round stoue. Dpon the stoues we liberally expectórate. Each then passed his stone to faisfo)lowing, who did likewise. We then ex chaüged stones, and eaoh, holding the stone in his right hand, with his left diig a small hole iu the soil, meauwhile utteriug words of aupposed magie irn port. In these hoies we flnally placed the stoues aud covered them with sand. We then grasped hands and assored each other thatwewere tho bent friends possible.