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and the Mpongwe . 
Bonny and New Calabar, who equal the men in 
weight and stature, strength and endurance, sug¬ 
gesting a mixture of the male and female tempera¬ 
ments. Some of the Gaboon giantesses have, 
THE PRETTY GABOON WOMAN. 
unlike their northern sisters, regular and hand¬ 
some features. The other type is quasi -Hindu in 
its delicacy of form, with small heads, oval faces, 
noses a la Roxolane , lips sub-tumid but without 
prognathism, and fine almond-shaped eyes, with 
remarkably thick and silky lashes. The throat is 
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