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LATUKA , a tribe of See also:

NEGROID

negroid stock inhabiting the mountainous See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country E. of See also:

GONDOKORO

Gondokoro on the upper See also:

Nile. They have received a tinge of Hamitic See also:

BLOOD

blood from the Galla See also:

PEOPLE

people, and have high foreheads, large eyes, straight noses and thick but not pouting lips. They are believed by See also:

Sir H. H. See also:

Johnston to be the See also:

ORIGINAL

original and purest type of the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

MASAI

Masai people, and are assimilated to the Nilotic See also:

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro races in customs. Like their neighbours the See also:

Bari and See also:

SHILLUK

Shilluk tribes, they despise clothing, though the important chiefs have adopted Arab attire. Their country is fertile, and they cultivate See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

durra and other crops. Their villages are numerous, and some are of considerable See also:

SIZE

size. Tarangole, for instance, on the Khor Kohs, has upwards of three thousand huts, and sheds for many thousands of See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle. The Latuka are industrious and especially noted for skill as smiths. Emin See also:

PASHA

Pasha stated that the See also:

lion was so little dreaded by the Latuka that on one being caught in a See also:

LEOPARD

leopard See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap they hastily set it See also:

FREE

free.

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