Note 28 — Chapter XI · THE SPREAD OF ISLAM IN AFRICA.
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Winwood Reade describes them as “a tall, handsome, light-coloured race, Moslems in religion, possessing horses and large herds of cattle, but also cultivating cotton, ground-nuts, and various kinds of corn. I was much pleased with their kind and hospitable manners, the grave and decorous aspect of their women, the cleanliness and silence of their villages.” (W. Winwood Reade: African Sketchbook, vol. i. p. 303.) ↑