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THE NATIVES OF LATOOKA. 
[chap. V. 
chief town of Latooka, at which point was the station 
of Ibrahim. We had marched thirteen miles from 
Latome, the station of Mahommed Her, at which 
place my men had deserted, and we were now 101 
miles from Gondokoro by dead reckoning. 
There were some superb trees situated close to the 
town, under which we camped until the natives could 
prepare a hut for our reception. Crowds of people 
now surrounded us, amazed at the two great objects of 
interest—the camels, and a white woman. They did 
not think me very peculiar, as I was nearly as brown 
as an Arab. 
The Latookas are the finest savages I have ever 
seen. I measured a number of them as they happened 
to enter my tent, and allowing two inches for the 
thickness of their felt helmets, the average height was 
5 ft. 11ins. Not only are they tall, but they possess 
a wonderful muscular development, having beautifully 
proportioned legs and arms ; and although extremely 
powerful, they are never fleshy or corpulent. The 
formation of head and general physiognomy is totally 
different from all other tribes that I have met with 
in the neighbourhood of the White Nile. They have 
high foreheads, large eyes, rather high cheek-bones, 
mouths not very large, well-shaped, and the lips 
rather full. They all have a remarkably pleasing 
