THE ABYSSINIAN AND ETHIOPIC GROUPS 377 



Photo by Messrs. Negretti & Zambra} 



[London. 



A SOMALI MAN AND HIS WIFE. 



silky hair, and small hands, feet, and limbs. The colour varies from light yellow to dark 

 brown. The race is typically Semitic; but the occasional occurrence of a flattened nose, Negro 

 lips, and a jet-black skin shows that the Amharaus are not free from Negro intermixture. 



The Amharans are intelligent, and have bright, animated faces; the main fault of the 

 people is that they are quarrelsome and inordinately vain. Some tame lions are kept loose in 

 the court of the Negus as a symbol of the power of the king. 



The national costume of the men in Abyssinia is a long piece of cotton-cloth folded round 

 the body like a toga; under this is a loin-cloth or a pair of loose drawers ending a little 



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