Show q THE U jl I 1 A the indomitable Itla clis IT whom the british aie are fighting tho tile british military operations at ahe all of ho the african races tho a te Pe dealers alers the IT fa yi of arashin washington gadu tou have jut jus 44 received ived I 1 from the anthropological institute of london an ef extremely v interesting paper ion on t ano w of elg egypt tian soudan prepared by professor A it keene a member of the in ins estituto council this paper throws much light upon the characteristics of the warlike and predatory people who under a aI leader eader of islam t day ivl tion of ihei r territory by bi one of the most formidable nations of chriss mendom the tile writer states the ex ea soudan i laud vf the blacks applies to tile whole region between the allanic nic ic and ayn th we c Sali arnand egypto the equator ethnically speaking it is the land of transition between the thi Hamit cs of the north and the tile ri groes roea of south africa tho the east E ast soudan the the british military operation elie writer ays ijulia jiuing of ul all jill the African race in giving the distribution of races lie saya says hill Si somerset merset nile connect connecting ilig lake victoria and bindal jal 1 naya zi javk alca H bantu tl rh eliy jat ji acx J 1 tween lake balce albert a dud ud the couf luene by negroes roes tap boft beewen bet wen and 1 the I 1 blue jile tilo roam main stream north occupied I 1 an n the tile leti chiefly by semites and ano right by Haro itea from donghi Do dongo ngoi the IL the tile valley between the libyan lic yau and arabian D eserts is held by Nubian tho W whole hale region east cast of this valley as far as the feasca ca aind the tile ft I 1 li lands anil the coast round to cape Garda G fui ano aal south to tho the equator 19 held by Hamit ca I 1 ahk 0 J abo tho the nile aro tire beld of idica alta west t duomad adi entirely aby by tho semite while in in the outlying outlY illg pro viti es of I 1 kordoban Kor dotan dofan audil a erfur kie witts N A ic e i A io 6 4 1 1 1 baans negroes and even and are lire intermingled thus long along the course of the nile the writer shows that the bantus and occupy the south the semites and Ham itei tho the center and nubians the tile north included in tho the Egypt egyptian hin biovin province of tho the equator the people of this this region re I 1 1 I the bantus have never been conquered they have exclusive possession of the iou southern thern half of the continent con 1 except the region of the hottentots Hotten tots and bushmen B ush men and extend at points five fiver degrees north of the equator they are ne negroid g rold rather than negroes professor Keene shows that the negro a is is numerically meri cally the most important C element le in the egyptian boudah and hitherto has held almost undisturbed possession within the area of 1 I lie te c countless headwaters tars of tin ow white nile in this portion of the soudan is concentrated one half the tile population of the whole nile basin from the equator equatorial fal lakes to the mediterranean and embraces an estimated population of forty millions million 3 of people this inc include ludos several powerful negro nations still enjoying political I 1 anatomy as the candeli aalam ayam bynm tho the I 1 and some ot glubo occupy regions within thy the Khe khedives dives domain lu in theae these peoples the salient feature of the negro tace are less prominent than elsewhere although islam lias has maja mat leome montt progress pro grees esthe the iy ay bulk N lk 0 11 f these poa are still worshipers or slit pers W y I 1 n preparing for bat ald the rne medicine dicine man flays an in infant and places the bleed bleeding ing y icelin oa 03 the air path 10 to t lo 0 1 trampled by the warrior ang w to victory human fat JS is tt staple of trade ide the r ii I 1 for bodies of the elair in battle and rei re serve their prisoners for fr terrible er lefties these thee jaces rams a I 1 in masy any sas ftp rap mhd 1 f 3 11 dustrich as agrico agriculture iture iron buhelt ing irig and casti casting dg weaving and the of pottery atte TEe e for form aad and ortia ornamental mentar designs of their ute naila display artistic artisti c taste while n per sup superior brio i fo tri anat a t 0 of f ej european apan manufacture ara cannibals annibale anni balt and yet pt ilia nia davo lion tion to th weaker cx 1 thu ates i Cau casi of re farb de ascribed as and the ish nim malitch lites or arabs since the mohammedan ham hani hammeran invasion of the seventeenth century this element has become pie predominant dominant and is the disturbing influence which inspires fanaticism promotes dealing in slaves and without it there would be no jud and no E egyptian egyptian question to perplex the councils of european statesmanship states ip and to break up ministries in describing the characteristics of these people speaks of 0 f hem 1 am as proud p roud I 1 ignorant bigoted nomadic narna dic owners owner of cattle camels horses and slaves hunters robbers and warriors warr iora the life of the men Js is devoted to caring for their cat tie ali elave hunting and war while bile w the women till tl the fields the arab tribes are described as numerous and powerful commanding great influence among the surrounding populations and often defy the bu preme authority or compel it to accept their conditions in the administration of eastern soudan the same paper then speaks of the habito races the true indigenous element iu in north africa their kinsmen the semites Cs b being recent intruders from arabia ara bi ein the T ethiopian Haim tes or northern group the most important occupy the district and their war giors ri rs largely participated in i n the operations erat ions belore before and dad after the battle ofElT of el teb cb they are described as handsome of bronze swarthy or light chocolate eh complexion of or european type of features with long crisp hair fl falling alling in ringlets letso over the shoulders they are described as zealous edans occupied chiefly as camel breeders bleeders and as caravan leaders governed by hereditary sheikhs Sheik hs and like their and semitic kindred elsewhere ar are distinguished for their personal bravery and love of freedom from the third to the sixth century of the present era they infested tho the southern frontiers of egypt and though often defeated by aurelian and probus continued to harass these outlying provinces provin cea of the empire and finally compelled to withdraw the roman garrisons from the region of the cataract replacing them by the warlike tribes from tho the great oasis of bargey in upper E egypt agypt ithe paper then proceeds to give an account of these same people of antiquity now known us 03 the Nub nubian ians and which cradled in the kordovan Kor dofan highlands over two thousand years ago settled in the present bargey oasis and valley of tho tile nile about meroe in they embraced christianity and formed the powerful african kingdom of Do dongola which lasted seyen hun dred years and was overthrown by the arabs and camo came under the dominion of islam the nile bubans live in settled and semi civilized mohammedan communities and arc are treated ou on an equality in egypt where large numbers are engaged as free laborers porters co sterril on 9 gers ers and in other pursuits they arnstrong are strong and mOs muscular cular warlike and energetic and generally excel the egyptians the present mull di is a nubian of dongola but has found fouad his chief support not among hia his countrymen but among the more inore recently converted negro cs arid especially the arab and communities of kordovan Kor dofan and other parts paris of eastern soudan |