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BANTU NEGROES 



plucked out with tweezers, so that it is difficult to say what chanu-ter it 

 a^sulKes. In the case of the women (as will be seen by two of my 

 l:liotographs) the head-hair, if allowed to grow freely, becomes rather long, 

 and^tliough tightly curled is less woolly and more fuzzy than the negro 

 woman's hair. These natural ringlets, indeed, are an approximation 

 towards the curly hair of the Somali and x\byssinian. All moustache and 



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beard is normally i)ulled out amongst the men, but I believe that 

 otherwise they might show a considerable gi'owth of hair on the face. 



The Eahima oiever practise circuincision, neither do they pierce nor 

 mutilate the ear in any fashion, or knock out their teeth. In some districts 

 they are given to a certain amount of scar-oroiamentation, but this is not 

 l)usiied to the same extreme as amongst the forest negroes and the ser\ile 

 races dwelling in proximity to the Bahima. As regards their dress and 



