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natural grace, and the pleasant bloom of modesty. In 

 the matter, certainly, of strength and manly independence 

 the O-Waihier [Owyhees] are greatly their superiors. 

 My friend, Kadu, who, though not belonging to this island- 

 group, attached himself to us, was one of the finest characters 

 I have ever met and one of the most dear to me of human 

 beings ; and he afterwards became my instructor with 

 regard to Radack and the Caroline Islands." 



Adaptation of Early Peoples to Surroundings 



THE DINK AS (Central Africa) : from Grogan's Cape to 

 Cairo, p. 278. (Hurst & Blackett, 1900.) 



" Every one in Dinka-land carries a long spear, or 

 pointed fish-spear, and a club made of a heavy purple 

 wood, while the more important gentlemen wear enormous 

 ivory bracelets round their upper arm ; strict nudity is 

 the fashion, and a marabout feather in the hair is the 

 essence of chic. They are all beautifully built, having 

 broad shoulders, small waist, good hips, and well-shaped 

 legs. The stature of some is colossal. It was most curious 

 to see how these Dinkas, living as they do in the marshes, 

 approximate to the type of the waterbird. They have 

 much the same walk as a heron, picking their feet up very 

 high and thrusting them well forward ; while their feet 

 are enormous. Their colossal height is indeed a great 

 advantage in the reed grown country in which they live. 

 The favourite pose of a Dinka (on one foot, with the 

 other foot resting on the knee) is in reality the favourite 

 pose of a water bird. . . . They are the complete antithesis 

 of the pigmy, as the country in which they live is the 

 complete antithesis of the dense forest which is the home 

 of the dwarfs. . . . Our camp was near a large village 



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