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ably the whole of Eastern Africa), and are now approach- 
ing their extinction. Besides the genuine Hottentots—of 
whom there now exist only the two tribes of the Coraca (in 
the eastern Cape districts) and the Namaca (in the western 
portion of the Cape)—this species also includes the Bush- 
men (in the mountainous interior of the Cape). The woolly 
hair of all Hottentots grows in tufts, like brushes, as in the 
case of Papuans. Both species also agree in the posterior 
part of the body, in the female sex being specially inclined 
to form a great accumulation of fat (Steatopygia). But the 
skin of Hottentots is much lighter, of a yellowish brown 
colour. Their very flat face is remarkable for its small fore- 
head and nose, and large nostrils. The mouth is very broad 
with big lips, the chin small and pointed. Their speech is 
characterised by several quite peculiar guttural sounds, 
The next neighbours and kinsmen of Hottentots are 
Kaffres (Homo Cafer). This woolly-haired human species 
is, however, distinguished, like the following one (the 
genuine Negro), from Hottentots and Papuans by the woolly 
hair not being divided into tufts, but covering the head asa 
thick fleece. The colour of their skin varies through all shades, 
from the yellowish black of the Hottentot to the brown 
black or pure black of the genuine Negro. While in former 
times the race of Kaffres was assigned to a very small area 
of distribution, and was generally looked upon only as a 
variety of the genuine Negro, this species is now considered 
to include almost the whole of the inhabitants of equatorial 
Africa, from the 20th degree south latitude to the 4th 
degree north; consequently, all South Africans, with the 
exception of the Hottentots. They include especially the 
inhabitants of the Zulu, Zambesi, and Mozambique districts 
