Bareas. Sudanese Negroes inhabiting the Abyssinian slopes.

Barguzins. See [BURIATS].

Baris. See [NILITIC GROUP].

Barolongs. Bantu Negroes of Bechuana stock, between Vryburg and Molopo river. Mafeking is their capital.

Barotse. Bantu Negroes of Bechuana stock, about headwaters of Molopo river.

Barrés. South American Indians in Venezuela and Guiana.

Basés. Sudanese Negroes of Abyssinian slopes, a very low negroid type.

Bashkirs. A branch of the Turki stock of the Northern Mongolic family. They are first mentioned in the tenth century as a warlike and idolatrous race, noted for their large, round, short heads, from which their name is derived. They now inhabit the Orenberg and Perm districts of Russia, on the western slopes of the Ural. Some are settled agriculturists, others pastoral nomads.

Bashukulumbwe. Bantu Negroes of Kafue basin in Zambesia.

Basimba or Cimbebas. Aboriginal Negroes of South Angola; a low Bantu type, or possibly Negrito, allied to Bushmen.