. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. 758 NILOTIC NEGROES iiiiii'^lcl imicli witli tilt' on the south or the Hamites on the north ha\(- iii^rlv features as eonipared with such statuesque negroes as the lietter <-lass (if Kavirondo, Zu
. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. 758 NILOTIC NEGROES iiiiii'^lcl imicli witli tilt' on the south or the Hamites on the north ha\(- iii^rlv features as eonipared with such statuesque negroes as the lietter <-lass (if Kavirondo, Zulu, or kindred Bantu races. Though the figure, ho\vi-\cr. mav lie ugly from a sculptor's point "f viiMv (it being sometimes long anil lackadaisical, at others and thin-legged), the men are powerfully hudf. and belong to a virile race. Where, as in. 405. A JSAIU NKGKO, KOI:(), \\1I[TH M the ^outh of tlieir domain, they have mingled with the Bantu, tlie Masai, or Hamite, they become (in tlie male sexj a handsome people corporeally, the good looks even extending sometimes to the lineaments of the face. The colour of the skin is genei'ally \ery dark : perhaps the blackest of negroes are found in this Nilotic group, which really stretches westwards across the .Sudan far beyond the limits of the Nile basin. The hands and feet are usually small. Ihc arms are long, especially in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. London, Hutchinson & Co.
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