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of the Soudan, hardly a man of them being under 6 ft., and 

 the descendants of an even finer race, judging by the size of 



KOTOKO WOMAN 



the iron armlets of their ancestors, one of which is now in 

 the possession of Captain Stieber, the German Resident 

 of Kusseri. It measures over 7 in, in diameter. At Ngala, 

 one of their big towns in former times, Gosling saw some 

 ancient*,pots which were also of giant size. 



The Kotokos are very black of skin and have plain, 

 coarse features. For dress they wear a Bornu bernouse, 

 loose Hausa trousers, and the circular, flat-topped "rabeh " 



