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Show Traits of the Sudanese. A prospector for gold In the Sudan, an Englishman, writes thus of some of tho characteristics of tho people of that region. re-gion. "The natives arc keen sportsmen and good stalkers, and respect a good shot. Tho different tribes are Innumerable, Innumera-ble, the typical Sudanese being a line, strapping man. but with peculiarly thin legs Among themselves the men are gods and tho women beasts of burden. They nre comparatively Intelligent nnd soon learn If nandled properly. If a man hurts himself In any way tho other's look upon It ns a huge Joke. Ono lnoldont In this connection Is worthy of record. A croco-dllu croco-dllu had been shot, but, though apparently dead, was not qulto no. A servant stnrted to skin It Tho beast opened his mouth and snapped at him, but fortunately onlv caught one of his lingers, which ho took clean off below the knuckle. Tho other natives yelled and danced with delight. Tho man never murmured. "Vcry friendly aro the nntlvos. treating nn Englishman with groat respect. Some of the trlbe3, however, are quite scared at tho sight of a whlto man, and several of the extremely small villages were deserted on our npproach. Usually, on a stranger's arrival In a vlllugc. the Sheik comes forward for-ward and welcomes one ordors nn au-grlb' au-grlb' (native bedstead) for one's use, and over a cup of coffee or bowl of sugar-walcr sugar-walcr entertains his guest. The Sheiks are. on tho whole, a very fine race of men and In courtesv of manner compare with the most polished European. "un leaving tho vlllago tho Sholk usually usual-ly walks at the head of ono's horse, accompanied ac-companied by his two or three chief men, and, on reaching the outskirts of his village, vil-lage, points out the way to the next halting halt-ing pluco, grasps you hand to wrist, and thus you bid farewell to ono of nature's own cciitlcmon." |