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styles. It is usually parted in the centre, from the 

 crinal front-line to the nape of the neck, and allowed to 

 grow in a single or double dense thatch, ridging the 

 head breadthwise from ear to ear : this is coloured or 

 not coloured, according to the wearer's taste. Some of 

 the Wazaramo, again, train lumps of their wool to rise 

 above the region of cautiousness, and very exactly 

 simulate bears' ears. The face is usually lozenge-shaped ; 

 the eyes are somewhat oblique, the nose is flat and patu- 

 lated, the lips tumid and everted, the jaw prognathous, 

 and the beard, except in a few individuals, is scanty. 

 The sebaceous odour of the skin amongst all these races 

 is overpowering : emitted with the greatest effect during 

 and after excitement either of mind or body, it connects 

 the negroid with the negro and separates him from the 

 Somal, the Galla, and the Malagash. The expression of 

 countenance is wild and staring, the features are coarse 

 and harsh, the gait is loose and lounging ; the Arab strut 

 and the Indian swagger are unknown in East Africa. The 

 Wazaramo tribe is rich in albinos ; three were seen by the 

 Expedition in the course of a single day. They much 

 resemble Europeans of the leucous complexion ; the 

 face is quite bald ; the skin is rough, and easily wrinkles 

 in long lines, marked by a deeper pink ; the hair is 

 short, sharp-curling, and coloured like a silk-worm's 

 cocoon, and the lips are red. The eyes have grey 

 pupils and rosy " whites :" they appear very sensitive 

 to light, and are puckered up so as to distort the coun- 

 tenance. The features are unusually plain, and the stature 

 appears to range below the average. The people who 

 have no prejudice against them, call these leucoethiops 

 Wazungu, " white men." 



The Wazaramo tribe is wealthy enough to dress well : 

 almost every man can afford a shukkah or loin-cloth of 



