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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 717 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUMUS , or Gumz, Negroes of the See also:

SHANGALLA

Shangalla See also:

GROUP

group of tribes, dwelling in the mountainous See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

FAZOGLI, or FAZOKL

Fazogli on the See also:

SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan-Abyssinian frontier. They live in See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

groups, some being mountaineers while others are settled on the See also:

banks of the See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue See also:

Nile. Gumz in the native See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue signifies " See also:

PEOPLE

people, and the sub-tribes have distinctive names. The Gumus are nature-worshippers, See also:

GOD

God and the See also:

sun being synonymous. On ceremonial occasions they carry parasols of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour (see SHANGALLA). GUMUSH-KHANEH, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of a sanjak of the same name in the See also:

TREBIZOND (Gr. Trapezus)

Trebizond vilayet of See also:

ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, situated on high ground, (4400 ft.) in the valley of the Kharshut Su, about m. to See also:

south of the Trebizond-See also:

ERZERUM, or ARZRUM (Arm. Garin)

Erzerum chaussee. The See also:

SILVER

silver mines from which the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place takes its name were noted in See also:

ancient times and are mentioned by Marco See also:

Polo. Pop. about 3000, chiefly Greeks, who are in the See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of emigrating to See also:

GREAT

great distances to See also:

WORK

work in mines. They practically See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the whole See also:

lead- and silver-See also:

MINING

mining labour in Asiatic Turkey, and in consequence the See also:

Greek See also:

bishop of Gumush-Khaneh has under his See also:

jurisdiction all the communities engaged in this particular class of mines.

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