NILOTIC NEGROES 



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the barrier of the Kaviroiido Haiitii and settled to the .<outh of it. In 

 time the power of the Eantu Negroes reviwd and the southward proofress 

 of these Nile Negroes was checked. In recent years it is probable that 

 the Bantu race has gained ground in Busoga, while the Bantu Kavirondo 

 have effectually cut off the Ja-luo from their hani-'o kinsnuMi. 



412. A MADI ClllKF, ACHOLl DlrSTKKT, XILK I'liUVlNCK 



There is one feature that especially distinguishes Nile Negroes and 

 their modified offshoots, the Masai: this is nudity on the part of the men, 



