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of which is Ankole proper and the others Eusumburu and Eyara. But 

 the king or principal chief of the relatively small district of Ankole has 

 for a century or more generally ruled over not only what is the present 

 administrative District of Ankole, but portions of Toro to the north and 

 Mpororo to the south-west. The present king of Ankole, like the sovereigns 

 of Toro, Unyoro, and Uganda, though he claims pure Hima descent, is 

 quite a negro in features. He is, for instance, a strong contrast in this 



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respect to his present prime minister, who might very well pass for a 

 Berber of Southern Tunis. The royal families of the countries just mentioned 

 no doubt had their origin in Gala founders of the dynasty, but each one 

 of the long line of kings has kept a large liarim of negro concubines, 

 and very often the concubine has given birth to sons where the beautiful 

 Hima consort has proved childless. However that may be, it is a curious 

 fact that in all these countries which possess an aristocracy so strongly 

 resembling Galas, Abyssinian(>, and Egyptians in their features and the 



