Identifier: researchesintoph02pric (find matches)
Title: Researches into the physical history of mankind
Year: 1836 (1830s)
Authors: Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848
Subjects: Anthropology Ethnology Monogenism and polygenism
Publisher: London : Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper (etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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AFFINITY OF THE GALLA AND SUMALI. 161 great address in keeping peace and amity with their fierceneighbours, and even with the Galla. A similar account of the Sumali is to be found in a me-moir communicated by Mr. Bird to the Royal Geogra-phical Society.* The author describes the Siimali tradersfrom Barbara. He says, their fine regular features, theirringlets of soft hair, artificially changed to a flaxen colour,and allowed to flow negligently around their shoulders, pre-sent a contrast to the jet-black complexions, and woolly hairof the Siihailis from Ajan. He adds The Sumalis are yetmore lightly clad than the Arabs, and in addition to a wrap-per for the loins, have only a thin white sheet thrown negli-gently around their shoulders, •f It might be suspected from the description of the physicalcharacters of the Sumali, that they are emigrants from India,as Professor Ritter conjectures the inhabitants in general ofthe Barbaric coast of eastern Africa to be. But it seems mostprobable t

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