Africa . ble. With both sexesit is customary to extract the front incisors, in consequenceof which their speech contains some very inarticulatesounds. Herds form their principal wealth, and, besides horned EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 31 cattle of the Zebu breed, they possess flocks of sheep andgoats, to say nothing of the dogs. In the art of cookerythe Dinkas contrast favourably with the Nubians, their fari-naceous and milk food being equal in flavour to the bestEuropean preparations of the same nature. Iron, whichhere has a higher value than copper, is largely used inmanufacturing their arms and other im
Africa . ble. With both sexesit is customary to extract the front incisors, in consequenceof which their speech contains some very inarticulatesounds. Herds form their principal wealth, and, besides horned EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 31 cattle of the Zebu breed, they possess flocks of sheep andgoats, to say nothing of the dogs. In the art of cookerythe Dinkas contrast favourably with the Nubians, their fari-naceous and milk food being equal in flavour to the bestEuropean preparations of the same nature. Iron, whichhere has a higher value than copper, is largely used inmanufacturing their arms and other implements, and eventheir ornaments; but as the country, especially in itswestern parts, produces no iron-ore, the people are lessskilled in its preparation than are their neighbours. On the other hand, their religious views are of a farmore enlightened nature than those of their Nubian con-querors, and they are especially remarkable for their rejec-tion of the Eastern belief in the potency of the evil 7. The Byur and Bongo Tribes. The Dyur, occupying the lower slopes and terraces ofthe central elevated plateau, are distinguished for theirskill in the smelting of iron-ore, and in every branch of 232 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. the blacksmiths trade. They are also eager and adroitfishermen, and before the sowing time in March, old andyoung are in the habit of leaving their settled abodes anddevoting themselves either to smelting or to fishing. TheDyur families are generally numerous, and the love of thechildren for their parents is more marked than in any otherCentral African tribe. At present, besides the produce ofthe hunt and of fishing, these industrious and intelligentDyurs support themselves chiefly on their poultry andgoats, as well as on the tillage of the land, the yearlyreturns of which, however, fall a prey, for the most part,to the Nubians. The third very important tribe in the Seriba districtis that of the Bongo or Dor. Their country lies between8° and
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