TYPES OF THE NUBIAN RACE. 



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the sun, flows down over the face and the back of the neck, and 

 anoints them well. This account, although it relates especially to the 

 pastoral races, whose range extends from the northern boundary of 

 Abyssinia and the Nile to the Red Sea, is equally applicable to the 

 tribes of southeastern Nubia. The twelve individuals attached to 

 the Rice-Hagenbeck caravan, from the tribe of Beni Amr, in the 

 southeast, afford a pleasant exemplification of the characteristics no- 

 ticed by Marno. The illustrations are faithful portraits of members 



Adam nod Edris. Hamid nod Mohammed. 



(From Photographs.) 



of the party, and give truthful representations of their forms, atti- 

 tudes, and expressions. They convey no suggestion that these Nubi- 

 ans belong to the negro race, but show, instead, noble features, with- 

 out flattening of the nose or exaggerated prominence of the jaws. 

 The gentle prognathism and full lips of the figures remind us of the 

 ancient Egyptain profile, the nose of the Semitic type. Their dark- 

 brown skin does not disturb the pleasant impression which their fig- 

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