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ButterMaggita。AgirlMiss-sooki。

Acanoe……Obwato。AboyUm-wana。

Apaddle。…Engaiee。AthiefMoosuma。

Amountain…Orsozi。(LubariorTheearth…Intaka。Fish…(Enchoa。

Thesky………Iggohr。Wood……Bitl。

AroadorpathMuhanda。Eggs…Yooli。

Goon…Togendi。

DOMESTICANIMALS。

Itisasingularfactthat，althoughthedomesticox，sheep，andfowlsarefoundeverywhereamongthenegroesofCentralAfrica，thereisnotraceoftheoriginalstockamongthewildanimalsofthecountry。Thequestionarises——wheredidtheycomefrom?

Dogsaredomesticated，andareusedbythenativesintheirhunts。

ThoseofCentralAfricaaremiserablepariahs，buttheyareneverthelessmuchprizedbytheirowners。

AftertheattackatFatikobytheslave-hunters，whichresultedinthedispersionoftheirparty，upwardsof170dogsbecamehouseless。Thenativesaskedmypermissiontocapturethem，and，havingspreadtheirhunting-nets，theydrovethedogsastheywouldwildanimals，anddailysecuredagreatnumber，whichtheytrainedtohuntthecalvesofantelopesandthegreatgrass-rat(AnlacodusSwindernianus)。

Negroeshavenosympathywiththeyoungofwildanimals，andIhaveneverseenapetanimalorbirdintheirvillages。AlthoughIofferedtwocowsforeveryyoungelephanttheymightcatch，Inevercouldprevailuponthemtosparethelittleones。Fivewerespearedruthlesslyinoneday，withintwoorthreehours’marchofFatiko。Anegroisneverseenwithouthisspear，andhefindsthegreatestpleasureinstickingitintoeithersomethingorsomebody。

DISEASES。

Small-poxisprevalent，Cholerararelyattacksthecountry，butitisknown。DysenteryisverycommonintheWhiteNiledistricts，butitisrareinthehighlands。ThiscomplaintisgenerallyfatalatGondokoro。

Greatcautionshouldbeused，andimpurewateravoided。Marshfeveristhegeneralcomplaintofthelowground，butisrareinthehighlandsofFatikoandUnyoro。

IhavenevermetwithtyphoidfeversinCentralAfrica，althoughtheyarecommonatKhartoum。

Measles，whooping-cough，scarlatina，croup，diphtheria，arequiteunknown。

Blindnessisonlytheresultofextremeage，andisveryrare。Ineversawacaseofmania，norhaveIevermetmorethanoneidiotinCentralAfrica。Thebrainappearstobeexercisedasasimplemuscleofthebody，andisneveroverstrainedbydeepthoughtorbyexcessivestudy。

Therearenogreatcommercialorparliamentaryanxieties；nostrugglestokeepupappearancesandpositioninsocietyagainstthecommonenemy，”smallmeans；”noheartstobreakwithoverwhelminglove；butthehumanbeingsofCentralAfricaliveasanimals，simplyusingthebrainasadirectoroftheirdailywants。Thusintheirsimplestatetheynevercommits

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