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of the Aclioli pierce their ears, and the numerous ear-rings of the Ja-Uio 

 will be described later on when that tribe is dealt with. But nowhere 

 amongst the true Nilotic people are the lobes of the ears widened into 

 huge loops, a practice which is peculiarly characteristic of the ^Nlasai, and 

 of such tribes as are. or have become, affiliated to them by descent, 

 conquest, or association. 



A very characteristic attitude of the Nilotic people marks relationslii[) 

 with or affinity to that race, wlierever it is seen. This is a posture they 

 adopt when at rest. They stand erect on one leg, and, bending the other, 

 press the sole of its foot against the inner surface of the knee of the leg 

 which serves as a support. This is an attitude in which they will stand 

 for hours, ^chweinfurth remarked this pose among the Xyam-Xyam and 

 otlier tribes of the Bahr-al-Ghazal region. Eastwards and southwards it 

 may be noticed among the Ja-Iuo (Kavirondo). tlie Xandi, Lumbwa, and 

 other non-Bantu people, 

 who are to some extent 

 connected in origin with 

 the Xegroes of the Xile. 



The true Nilotic 

 Negroes may be divided 

 at the present day into 

 the Shiluk (or Shiioli), 

 Dinka (Jaiige), XuJr, 

 Shangcda, Chi)-, Man- 

 dari, Janhara, Dyur 

 (Luo), Alitru, Acholi 

 {Shtdi), Lango. Uniiro, 

 Kumum, Jardum, and 

 Ja-luo (Kavirondo) tribes 

 or peoples ; and no doubt 

 this list leaves unmen- 

 tioned many other tribal 

 designations belonging to 

 branches of the same stock 

 between the Nile and 

 the western frontier of 

 Abyssinia ; while affiliated 

 in language, in habits, cus- 

 toms, and to some extent 

 in bodily appearance, are 

 the Turka/ta-Masai, „ , ., „ 



, ' 408. KARAMOJO NEGROES (SHOWIXG PENCILS THRLST INTO 



Bari, and Xandi groups. the lower lips) 



