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JUR (DIuR)

JUR (DIuR) , the See also:

DINKA (called by the Arabs Jange)

Dinka name for a tribe of negroes of the upper See also:

Nile valley, whose real name is Luoh, or Lwo. They appear to be immigrants, and tradition places their See also:

home in the See also:

south; they now occupy a See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

BAHR

Bahr-el-Ghazal between the See also:

Bongo and Dinka tribes. Of a reddish See also:

black See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, fairer than the Dinka, they are well proportioned, with the See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short. See also:

TATTOOING (Tahitian, tatu, from ta, mark)

Tattooing is not See also:

COMMON

common, but when found is similar to that of the Dinka; they See also:

PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce the ears and See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose, and in addition to the ornaments found among the Dinka (q.v.) See also:

WEAR

wear a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron rings on the forearm covering it from See also:

WRIST

wrist to See also:

ELBOW

elbow. They are mainly agricultural, but See also:

hunt and See also:

fish to a considerable extent; they are also skilful smiths, smelting their own iron, of which they See also:

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

supply quantities to the Dinka. They are a prosperous tribe and in consequence spinsters are unknown among them. Their See also:

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

chief currency is spears and See also:

hoe-See also:

BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

blades, and cowrie shells are used in the See also:

PURCHASE

purchase of wives. Their chief weapons are spears and bows. See G. See also:

SCHWEINFURTH, GEORG AUGUST (1836– )

Schweinfurth, The See also:

Heart of See also:

Africa: Travels 1868-2871, trans. G. E.

E. Frewer (2nd ed., 1874) ; W. See also:

JUNKER, WILHELM (1840-1892)

Junker, Travels in Africa (Eng. ed., 1890-1892).

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