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The well-known effects of locality on the develop- 
ment of the human body, receives also a confirmation 
in the inhabitants of Iddah, where the greater altitude 
of the district, and its superior dryness, operate in their 
favour. The people are generally well made, and of the 
middling stature — indeed, the flowing and ample tobe 
gave many an appearance of height somewhat above 
that. The features are more softened and rounded 
than the Ihus. The lips protrude, but are less thick, 
the forehead ample, though retreating. Altogether they 
have a look of superior intelligence. 
Here, as at Aboh, the natives assured us the rainy 
season was the most healthy, that when the water began 
to decline, there was always much sickness even among 
them — that smaU-pox then raged very often with 
dreadful violence, and when once it commenced, it never 
ceased without an immense mortality. This, we trust, 
wlU now be gradually limited by the introduction of the 
vaccine. Craw-craw, or African psora, is always 
common among the poor and dirty. Their fevers, 
although active in character, are not very often fatal. 
The Government of the Eggarah country is monar- 
chical, and vested in the Atthh or King of Iddah, the 
succession is hereditary in the female line, the eldest son 
of the sister ; thus, it is said, Ochejih, the present Atthh, 
succeeded, taking precedence of the many children ot 
the former King. Under certain circumstances, which 
we could not ascertain, the sovereign has the right of 
