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The Lowan is a harsh-featured man, tall and very broad, 

 of simple tastes and, though rich, making no display. Secretly 



A KANEMEU WOMAN 



he is not very friendly to the white man, and there is not 

 much love lost between him and the Shehn of Kukawa, 

 whom he would fight to-morrow if it were not for our occupa- 

 tion and, doubtless, if he did have his way and came to blows, 

 the Shehu would stand a poor chance, for the Kanembus and 

 their alhes are a finer fighting race than the Kanuri and 

 Shua tribes. The Kanembus, who are the people now 

 inhabiting the Kowa district, came from Kanem, the land 

 east of Lake Chad, whence they were driven westward by 

 the Arab razzias, or slave traders, from Wadai. 



