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ARMS AND THE MAN AS SEEN IN SOUTH-WESTERN CHINA
| Captured during a raid on the Nosu, this lethal weapon is more of a curiosity than a really serviceable arm of attack. Of fearsome size, it requires the services of two men before it can be fired, and the recoil is probably sufficient to lay low the daring marksman who presses its heavy trigger. It is seldom used with a fixed bayonet |
LONG-HAIRED LASSES OF SOUTH-WEST CHINA
| Hair of remarkable length and thickness is one of nature's gifts to the Nosu girls who hail from South-West China. Accorded much social freedom, the women are of hardy stock and scorn the use of shoes and stockings. The soles of their feet become very hardened and frequently crack badly. The sufferer then merely resorts to needle and thread to heal the wound |