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which, besides exhibiting great lireadtli, 

 are particularly prominent just helinv 

 the outer angle of the eye. The nose 

 is very Hat at its base between the 

 eyebrows, and the whole inner part of 

 the face between the eyebrows, cheek- 

 liones, and upper lip lias a flattened 

 li.iok. as though it had been "hat on" 

 when in a plastic condition. This 

 ajijearance is specially characteristic of 

 the women, who are usually hideout-lv 

 ugly. The men are in\'arial;ily Ijetter- 

 looking than the women, and where 

 there is a dash of Haunt ic or Arab 

 blocid in their \'eins. ancient or recent, 

 they develoij a }irominent liihlge to the 

 nose and a better-shaped c'hin, wldcli 

 relieves the face of its flatnes-'. The 

 forehead bulges sonrewhat. and keeps 

 well in front of the trow ridges, which 

 are unusually pronuneiit. Tliere is a 

 distinct inclination t(.i be tall and long- 

 lindied. The leg fielow the knee is ex- 

 ceptionally long, ^traiglit. and >lini. with 

 very little development of calf. ( )n 

 account of their long, thin legs, luith 

 Heuglin and >Schweinfavth compared them 

 to •'human storks." As a rule there 

 is no tendency to bandy legs, though 

 it is not uncommon to >ee the inner 

 side of each knee in close contact (wlien 

 a man is btauding U[irig]it ) with a, wide 

 space between the legs jubt above the 

 ankle (vide back view in Fig. 406;. There 

 is a tendency in the gluteal muscles 

 to overlap the /;atfs excessively, which 

 gives the figure sometimes a slight 

 appearance of the Hottentot posterior. 

 This. howe\'er. is a feature more met 

 with in the women than in the men. 



As a general rule it may be said 

 that the Nile tribes who have not 



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