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with hair not so straight ; and some much fairer, with almost woolly hair ; 

 and some of the same complexion, but straight haired : and he farther 

 observes " In the towns of Abyssinia you may find mothers with five, 

 six, or more children, the father of one having been an Amhara ; of 

 another, an Agow; of another, a Tigran; and of a fourth, a Galla;" 

 a circumstance which, as Dr. Prichard observes, affords no explanation 

 of the variations of colour and hair described ; since the various tribes, 

 separately considered, display no remarkable difference of physical cha- 

 racter ; the Agows, Amharas, the Tigrans, and even the Gallas, belong- 

 ing to the same family. The Jesuit, Tellez, speaking of the complexions 

 of the Abyssinians, says that their usual colours are black, brown, and 

 olive ; others are red (vermelhos), and some white ; but the white is 

 bloodless and unpleasing (probably that of albinism). Burckhardt and 

 other travellers have noticed the beauty of the Abyssinian females. 



The following head (fig. 198) of an Abyssinian bishop is from 

 Denon's work on Egypt, and presents a characteristic example of the 



Abyssinian bis Imp. 



