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IN THE BLACK CHILD'S HOME
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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.
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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.
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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.