Felkin, R.W., 1885. Notes on the For tribe of Central Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 8: 205-265
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan |
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Value - Related to Horn |
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African Rhino Species |
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Superstitions of For tribe, living in Darfur, Sudan. Cups made of rhinoceros horn are supposed to detect poison in water, beer, or wine, the fluid changing colour; to give one of these cups to a friend is the highest honour that can be paid to him. (I think this ideas must have been derived from the Arabs.)
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Notes on the For tribe of Central Africa
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