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lence, aud are satisfied with their condition, vaUiing them- 

 selves on their absokite and lawless independence. 2 Roberts. 

 166. An independence, however totally imaginary, for they 

 are engaged in almost perpetual hostilities with each other. 2 

 Robert. 133 ; and if taken prisoners are burned alive. But 

 of this more in the sequel. 



§ 3. 



Of the African Savages. 



They are found onl}' in the southern extremity of Africa 

 betwixt lat. 28. and 32. a space originally possessed by va- 

 rious tribes of Hottentots, but of wliich a great part is at 

 present held b}' Dutch colonists, by whom many Hottentot 

 tribes are enslaved. Only a i'ew are as yet free, who are 

 called Gonquois Hottentots. 2 Vaillant. 10. 1 82. and 186. 

 Beyond them are the Cafres, whom I call Barbarians, as they 

 acknowledge the superiority of chiefs, as do indeed all other 

 African tribes, 1 Vaill. 234. What Kolbe relates of their 

 courts of justice is a mere fable. 2 Vaill. 43. 



Among the Hottentots all are equally free and independent 

 9f Vaill. 41. 1 Sparm. 216. 218. Yet it seems each horde lias 



a sort 



