. 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. NILOTIC NEGROES 761 of tile Acholi pierce their ears, and the numerous ear-rings of the Ja-luo will be described later on when that tribe is dealt with. But nowhere amongst the true Nilotic people are the l
. 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. NILOTIC NEGROES 761 of tile Acholi pierce their ears, and the numerous ear-rings of the Ja-luo will be described later on when that tribe is dealt with. But nowhere amongst the true Nilotic people are the lobes of the ears widened into huge loops, a practice which is peculiarly characteristic of the Masai, and of such tribes as are, or have become, affiliated to them by descent, conquest, or association. A very characteristic attitude of the Nilotic people marks relationship with or affinity to that race, wherever it is seen. This is a posture they adopt when at rest. They stand erect on one leg, and, bending the other, press the sole of its foot against the inner surface of the knee of the leg which serves as a support. This is an attitude in which they will stand for hours. Schweinfurth remarked this pose among the Nyam-Nyam and other tribes of the Bahr-al-Grhazal region. Eastwards and southwards it may be noticed among the Ja-luo (Kavirondo), the Nandi, Lumbwa, and other non-Bantu yjeople, who are to some extent connected in origin with the Negroes of the Nile. The true Nilotic Negroes may be divided at the present day into the Shiluk (or Shuoli), Dinka (Jange), Xuer, Shangala, Chir, Man- dari, Janbara, Dyur (Luo), Alum, Acholi (Shuli), Lango, Umiro, Kumum, Jardum, and Ja-luo (Kavirondo) tribes or peoples ; and no doubt this list leaves unmen- tioned many other tribal designations belonging to branches of the same stock between the Nile and the western frontier of Abyssinia; while affiliated in language, in habits, cus- toms, and to some extent in bodily appearance, are the lu
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