. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ries, and such game as they can catch in pit-falls.They are yellowish-brown in complexion, and have low retreating fore-heads, high cheek-bones, and short tufted hair. Their legs are shortrelatively to the body, which is rarely more than four feet seven in height.They rarely have any clothing, and their huts are full of vermin, andhave an intolerable stench. Their little comn

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. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ries, and such game as they can catch in pit-falls.They are yellowish-brown in complexion, and have low retreating fore-heads, high cheek-bones, and short tufted hair. Their legs are shortrelatively to the body, which is rarely more than four feet seven in height.They rarely have any clothing, and their huts are full of vermin, andhave an intolerable stench. Their little comnKinities, of about a dozen, marry exclusively within their own limits. They dispose of the dead atonce by throwing them into a river bed or the trunk of a tree. Theyexcite no hostility among the neighbouring tribes, who, on the contrary, whenever they see them, are very kind to them and make them presents.Whether they are related to the Akka described in a former chapter, cannot yet be settled, but it seems quite possible. Here, between the French and the Portuguese possessions, we mustdraw the boundary line of our chapter. South of this region the greatCongo district begins, and we are launched into Southern Africa..