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PYGMIES AND E0RE8T NEGllOES 



it may he slightly crimped or wavy, it is certainly not tightly curled. 

 The hlacker type of Pygni}^ also inclines to he hairy on the body, but 

 the ])ermanent body-hair in his case is closely curled, and much like the 

 hair of the head, tliongh tliickcr and more liristly, in the case of 



_ ^ tlie yellowish Pygmy, 



the body-hair, though 

 only a})parent on close 

 examination, is found to 

 grow most thickly and 

 markedly on the back 

 and on the arms and 

 legs. That })eculiarly 

 human feature, thick 

 hair in the armpits and 

 in the pubic region, is 

 also present in the 

 yellow Pygmies, but it 

 is remarkable that the 

 hair in these parts is 

 (|uite different from the 

 tine fleecy down on 

 the body, and resembles 

 the hair on the head, 

 chest, and stomach in 

 the black Pygmy type, 

 which, as in all other 

 Negroes, is closely curled. 

 The fine body-hair in 

 the yellow Pygmies is 

 present in men, women, 

 and children. The 

 women of the yellow 

 type also exhibit faint 

 traces of whiskers. The 

 males of tlie yellow and 

 I'laek types develop a 

 little moustache, and 

 sometimes quite a con- 

 siderable beard. I have 

 myself only seen one 

 Pygmy with a beard of 

 any size — perhaps six 



