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which, besides exhibiting great breadth, 

 .are particularly prominent just below 

 the outer angle of the eye. The nose 

 is very flat at its base between the 

 eyebrows, and the whole inner part of 

 the face between the eyebrows, cheek- 

 bones, and upper lip has a flattened 

 look, as though it had been " sat on " 

 when in a plastic condition. This 

 appearance is specially characteristic of 

 the women, who are usually hideously 

 ugly. The men are invariably better- 

 looking' than the women, and where 

 there is a dash of Hamitic or Aral* 

 blood in their veins, ancient or recent, 

 they develop a prominent bridge to the 

 nose and a better-shaped chin, which 

 relieves the face of its flatness. The 

 forehead bulges somewhat, and keeps 

 well in front of the brow ridges, which 

 are unusually prominent. There is a 

 distinct inclination to be tall and long- 

 limbed. The leg below the knee is ex- 

 ceptionally long, straight, and slim, with 

 very little development of calf.- ( hi 

 account of their long, thin legs, both 

 Heuglin and Schweinfurth compared them 

 to " human storks." As a rule there 

 is no tendency to "bandy legs, though 

 it is not uncommon to see the inner 

 side of each knee in close contact (when 

 a man is standing upright) with a wide 

 space between the legs just above the 

 ankle (vide back view in Fig. 406). There 

 is a tendency in the gluteal muscles 

 to overlap the nates excessively, which 

 gives the figure sometimes a slight 

 appearance of the Hottentot posterior. 

 This, however, is a feature more met 

 with in the women than in the men. 



As a general rule it may be said 

 that the Nile tribes who have not 



404. A BAIU NEGRO, BONDOKOfiOj WHITE 

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