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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1867-1871]. Abstract of Baker, The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, etc. CUL-DAR85.A75. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

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Sir S. Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Ab. 1867

"The inhabitants of Kordofan & Darfur (who are generally prized as slaves), are invariably marked not only with single scars, but by cicatrices raised high above the natural surface, by means of salt rubbed into the wounds; their unsightly deformities are considered to be great personal attractions." [p. 273]

Beauty Use in reference to Mandrills

Baker, Samuel White. 1867. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia and the sword hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: Macmillan & Co. Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 296, n34: "Sir S. Baker, 'The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia,' 1867."

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