BANTU NEGROES 



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The one feature in which the Bahiraa resemble Negroes rather than 

 the Caucasian race, the one irrefragable proof that they have at one time 



mingled considerably with the black race, is the character of the hair on 

 the head and body. This hair is nearly as woolly as in the ordinary 

 Negro, and has also the same appearance, especially over the temples and 

 fore part of the skull, of growing in separate tufts. All body-hair, is 



