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Latooka Warriors with Dress and Weapons

ladies. In order to prevent this ornament | height, and, although they are exceedfrom falling, a piece of twine is knotted ingly muscular and powerful, they do no upon the end that passes through the lip. degenerate into corpulency nor unwieldi As the lower teeth are removed, the ness. The expression of the countenance tongue, of course, acts upon it, and when is pleasing, and the lips, although large, a lady is speaking the movements of the are not of the negro type. The forehead tongue cause the crystal pendant to move is high, the cheek-bones rather prominent about in a very ludicrous manner. Tat- and the eyes large. It is thought that tooing is mostly confined to the cheeks their origin must have been derived from and forehead and consists chiefly of lines. some of the Galla tribes. We would not consider the people of there are great varieties of race and Africa handsome, but among themselves complexion. Some tribes are much more they are probably fascinated with their intelligent than others; some are very own beauty and charming appearance. inferior in every respect, and are but Taking the whole continent together little higher than monkeys and gorillas.