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Bruhwasa is a hill - pagan town in the foothills of the Bauchi plateau , covering a few acres of flat ground on the very crest of a Gibraltarlike hill . Its population , when I was there , was probably less than three thousand all told ...
Bruhwasa is a hill - pagan town in the foothills of the Bauchi plateau , covering a few acres of flat ground on the very crest of a Gibraltarlike hill . Its population , when I was there , was probably less than three thousand all told ...
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hill . Like other tribes of hill - pagans , they were horsemen and usually hunted on horseback , and I gathered that the hunters rarely failed to find a sufficiency of meat to satisfy the carnivorous appetites of the tribe .
hill . Like other tribes of hill - pagans , they were horsemen and usually hunted on horseback , and I gathered that the hunters rarely failed to find a sufficiency of meat to satisfy the carnivorous appetites of the tribe .
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It was only after some hours of downhill travel that I told my party that the hill - pagans with whom I proposed to stay were reported to be rather dangerous . I made it clear that we should have to be on our best behaviour if we were ...
It was only after some hours of downhill travel that I told my party that the hill - pagans with whom I proposed to stay were reported to be rather dangerous . I made it clear that we should have to be on our best behaviour if we were ...
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JANUARY 1957 | 1 |
A CUT ABOVE THE AVERAGE | 17 |
THE STONEFISH ON THE TRIDENT | 27 |
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