pyct:\iies axd forest negroes 



r)27 



elsewhere, either li\iiig 

 as a se[)arate people 

 or reappearing as a re- 

 versionary type in tril:es 

 of more ty[)ical Negro 

 appearance who in times 

 [last have absorbed ante- 

 cedent Dwarf races. 



The Pygmies on the 

 verge of the L'gar;da 

 Protectorate offer usually 

 two somewhat distinct 

 types as regards the 

 skin colour, one being 

 a reddish yellow and the 

 other as black- as an 

 ordinary Negro.* The 

 reddish yellow type has 

 a skin which in the dis- 

 tance often looks dull, 

 and this appearance 

 arises from the presence 

 of verv fine downy hody- 

 halr. This hair is not 

 unlike the lanuyo which 

 covers the human fcetus 

 about a month before 

 l)irth, and would almost 

 seem to be the con- 

 tinuation of a fcetal 

 character. The body- 

 hair in question is short 

 and very fine, and is of 

 a yellowish or reddish 

 tinge. Where it grows 

 to any length, as oc- 

 casionally on the legs 

 or on the back, though 



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284. 



A PIGMY WOJIAX OK THK BABUJA GKOUP, CONGO FOREST 

 (west ok albert EDWARD) 



* It would seem as though 

 the pure-blooded Pygmy was always of a dirty reddish yellow in skin colour, and was 

 iiivarial)ly covered all over his body with light-coloured downy hair, and that the black 

 type appearing amongst these Dwarfs is due to intermixture with bigger Negro races. 



