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lower limbs, however, are, from use, more de- 
veloped than the arms, which, except in war, 
are left inactive and indolent. They enjoy ro- 
bust health : sickness, disease, or deformity, 
being very rare amongst them. This is mainly 
attributable to the same cause which makes 
their teeth of such pearly whiteness, and perfect 
form and substance : viz, their use only of corn, 
vegetables, and milk in diet, and seldom masti- 
cating animal food; which is a luxury only 
indulged in on festal occasions, or during time 
of war. In bearing they are proud, haughty, 
and arrogant ; they carry the head erect and 
thrown back; whilst their attitude is easy, 
graceful, and elegant. In form they are well 
proportioned; the head is large, but not dis- 
proportionate to the size of the body; the 
forehead is elevated and finely shaped. A 
phrenologist's opinion would, doubtless, be that 
the perceptive powers were good, although 
the reflective ones were not equally developed. 
Their hair, beard, and whiskers, are black 
and thick ; and although not woolly and mat- 
ted like the negro, yet not so flowing as the 
Arabs. Their eyes are keen, restless, and 
large, and they look you intently in the face, and 
appear to read your inmost thoughts. Their 
features are large and full, and vary throughout 
the different tribes ; those in the Amampondo, 
