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or smoke them. When human flesh fails amongst them, they buy 

 or steal it from their neighbours. They are, however, according to 

 M. Du Chaillu, the handsomest and most gallant-looking negroes of 

 the interior, and their horrible diet seems to fatten and strengthen 

 them. Living in the mountains, they have that bold free air which 

 distinguishes all mountaineers. 



NEOROES NATIVES OF KIDI, AFRICA 



The Negro type is seen in all its purity among the populations of 

 Congo, Nigritia, the Soudan, Dahomey, and Timbuctu, as well as 

 among those of the eastern coast, below the tenth parallel of north 

 latitude. In the region of the great lakes, between the coast of Zaii- 

 guebar and the Lakes Yictoria-Nyanza and Tanganyika, lie the king- 

 doms of Ugogo, Unyamezi, Unyoro, Kidi, and others, visited by 



