RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, etc. CUL-DAR85.A75. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1
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).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 296, n34: "Sir S. Baker, 'The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia,' 1867."
Baker, Samuel White. 1867. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London.
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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 [few words illeg]
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