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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 374 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEGAS , one of the See also:

Shangalla See also:group of tribes, regarded as among the purest types of the Galla See also:race. They occupy the upper Yabus valley, S.W. See also:Abyssinia, near the See also:Sudan frontier. The Legas are physically distinct from the See also:Negro Shangalla. They are of very See also:light complexion, tall and thin, with narrow hollowcheeked faces, small heads and high foreheads. The chiefs' families are of more mixed See also:blood, with perceptible Negro See also:strain. The Legas are estimated to number upwards of a See also:hundred thousand, of whom some 20,000 are warriors. They are, however, a peaceful race, See also:kind to their See also:women and slaves, and energetic agriculturists. Formerly See also:independent, they came about 1900 under the sway of Abyssinia. The Legas are pagans, but Mahommedanism has gained many converts among them.

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