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Her head is generally covered and wrapped up in a black muslin veil; then she has an abba or Arabian cloak of very green-black cashmere; then under that a many coloured garment called a thobe; it is square in pattern with armholes and sleeves nearly a yard wide. The ends of these wide sleeves are deftly taken and thrown over the head to form a sort of tight-fitting cap.
This gazelle is slightly different from the Dorcas, and, I believe, has never been obtained before. In talking of white men or Europeans, the Somali always say English French, those two branches of the European community being all they are acquainted with. Tobe, properly thobe, the dress used by Somali of both sexes.
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