ments of it do not destroy its 
equtility. t 
Last year a man, who had abused 
is power, was ‘cashicred, on the 
representation of the people to the 
bailiff of the district. 
There are four in’ Nerway, who 
might with propriety be termed 
sheriffs ; and, fiom their sentence, 
an appea!, by either party, may be 
made to Copenhagen. 
Near mest of the towns are 
commons, on which the cows of 
all the inhabitants, indiscrimi- 
nately are allowed to graze. ‘The 
poor, to whom a cow is neces- 
sary, are’ almost supported by it. 
Besides, to, render living more 
easy, they all go out to fish in 
their own boats; and fish is their 
principal food. 
The lower class of people in the 
towns are in general sai:ors; and 
the industrious heve usually litte 
ventures of their own, that serve to 
render the winter comfortable. 
er SS III PIE TIE EE NE PT 
Account of the Hosxuauas, a wan- 
dering tribe of Savages. From le 
Vaillaint’s second Fiurncey into the 
Interior of Africa. 
THE-Hoozuana is, of a very 
small stature, and he is a tall man 
among them who reaches five feet 
{five feet four inches English) ; 
but these small bodies, perfectly 
proportion.d, unite with wonder. 
tul strengtn and agility a certain 
air of assurance, boldness and 
pride, which awes the spe¢tator, 
and pleased me infinitely. Of all 
the tribes of savages which I have 
known, none has appeared to me 
endowed with so attive a soul 
‘| and so indefatigable a constitution. 
Their head, though it has the 
principal charatters of that of the 
Hottentot, is yet more rounded at 
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the chin. They are also much less 
black, and have that leaden hue 
of the Malays which, at the Cape, 
is distinguished by the name 29- 
guined. Their hair, more frizzled, 
is so short, that at first I thought 
them shaved. Their nose is still 
flatter than that of the Hottentot ; 
or rather they have no nose, and the 
organ in them consists of two flat. 
tened nostrils, projecting, at most, 
five or six lines. From this nullity 
of nose it results that the Hoozuana, 
viewed in profile, is ugly, and very 
like a monkey. . Viewed in front 
there appears at the first -glance 
something very extraordinary, the 
forehead seeming to occupy more 
than half of the face. Yet he 
has so much expression, and such 
large and lively eyes, thar not. 
withstanding this singular appear. 
ance, he is agreeable enough te 
the view. 
The heat of the climate freeing 
him from all necessity of clothing, 
he is quite naked during the whole 
year, except a very small jackal. 
skin, tied over his loins by twe 
straps, the ends of which fall on 
his hams. Hazdcned by this con- 
stant habit of nudity, he becomes 
so insensible to the variations of the 
atmosphere, that, when he trans- 
ports himself from. the burning 
sands of the plain to.the snows and 
frosts of the mountains, he seems 
not to feel the cold. \ His hut does 
not resemble that of the Hottentot, 
It is cut vertically in the middle, 
so that one of the Hottentot huts 
would make two of these. In 
their emigrations they ‘suffer the 
kraa]l. (or encampment) . to: remain ; 
in order that, if any horde of theif 
nation should pass that way, they 
might make use of it... On the. 
march, the emigrants haye no othet 
shelter 
