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the siege. The big cotton-tree under which we camped was 

 close to the Banda settlement and about a mile to the south 

 was the Baghirmi town. 



A BAGHIBMI WOMAN 



Taking them as a whole, the Baghirmi appear to be a fine 

 and healthy race. The men are tall and well made ; they 

 have blunt features and rather thick lips. The young girls 

 have plain, honest faces but incline to stoutness as they 

 grow older, while the elderly women are quite repulsive. 

 The head-dress of the women is very distinctive with the 



