. The story of Africa and its explorers. houghso small that in no direction is it more thantwo days march in breadth; andeven that journey few care to take, the Tibboos, who inhabit it,bear the worst of reputations as lies on the eastern frontier ofBornu, Lake Tchad and Waday adjoining iton its other sides, the entire area of thecountry being about 71,000 square miles,through the centre of which the Shari flowsfor a considerable portion of its course. Thepopulation is at present about a million and ahalf in number—of the Songhai type (Vol. I.,p. 293)—and, thoughno
. The story of Africa and its explorers. houghso small that in no direction is it more thantwo days march in breadth; andeven that journey few care to take, the Tibboos, who inhabit it,bear the worst of reputations as lies on the eastern frontier ofBornu, Lake Tchad and Waday adjoining iton its other sides, the entire area of thecountry being about 71,000 square miles,through the centre of which the Shari flowsfor a considerable portion of its course. Thepopulation is at present about a million and ahalf in number—of the Songhai type (Vol. I.,p. 293)—and, thoughnominally Mohammedans 248 THE STORY OF AFRICA. and some civilised, still addicted to manyof the grossest pagan rites. Low in stature,unpleasant in appearance, and prone to naked-ness, the Baghirmi people are not an attractiverace. Still, they are not savages. They arefarmers, and grow great crops of durra andmillet, which they dispose of for tobacco,pearls, and the cowry shells that form thecurrency of so many West and Central African.
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