Africa . Lamorde, in the district of Aribinda, and Tinge areindependent Sonrhay places, whose inhabitants build veryroomy houses, wear indigo blue shirts, and carry spears astheir usual weapon, but swords occasionally. Here also thelower classes disfigure their features by gashing their open tracts were succeeded by the domain of theFulahs of Massina. The appearance of the country fromKuka to this point had been tolerably uniform—cultivated 170 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TEAVEL. plains, varied by woodland scenery, arid districts, and low iMiiillllillllilHillllJI. liills. Now, how

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Africa . Lamorde, in the district of Aribinda, and Tinge areindependent Sonrhay places, whose inhabitants build veryroomy houses, wear indigo blue shirts, and carry spears astheir usual weapon, but swords occasionally. Here also thelower classes disfigure their features by gashing their open tracts were succeeded by the domain of theFulahs of Massina. The appearance of the country fromKuka to this point had been tolerably uniform—cultivated 170 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TEAVEL. plains, varied by woodland scenery, arid districts, and low iMiiillllillllilHillllJI. liills. Now, however, Barth entered a mountainous coun- HOMBOEI MOUNTAINS. 171 try full of romantic beauty. This was the Homhori range,where the rocks seen from a distance resembled hands andfingers pointing upwards. The nearer he approached the

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