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to the Chinese in physio:rnomy ; and Dr Prichard considers this ap- 

 proximation as confirmed by the formation of the skull ; the woolly 

 hair, in which they differ remarkably from the Mongolian nations, 

 may be a character of secondary importance. The Hottentots are 

 mostly of small stature ; the majority of those in the Cape corps (at 

 least of the new levies) are under five feet high, and they are pos- 

 sessed of very little muscular strength. Their hands and feet are 

 small and delicate ; in which particular they differ very remarkably 

 from the Negroes. 



The number of genuine Hottentots within the colony at the pre- 

 sent day is small compared with that of the mixed breeds, or Bas- 

 taards, as they are called, in whom the blood of the aboriginal race 

 is crossed with that of the Dutch, the Negro, or the Malay. The 

 Bastaards are much superior in size and strength to the Hottentots. 

 — Charles F. Bunhury on the Cape of Good Hope, p. 164. 



4. F'lngoes described. — The Fingoes are remnants of several tribes 

 of the Caffer race, who had inhabited the country near Poi't Natal, 

 but had been exterminated or driven into exile by Chaka, the ter- 

 rible chief of the Zoolos. Of those whom we met here, some were 

 under the middle size, others considerably above it, slenderly but 

 actively made ; their colour not quite black, but a very dark umher- 

 brown, totally difterent from the dirty ycllowish-hrown of the Hot- 

 tentots, to whom, indeed, they have no resemblance, except in the 

 woolly hair. They were, however, considerably inferior in personal 

 appearance to the Caffers whom we afterwards saw ; the women, in 

 particular, were far from prepossessing. — Journal of a Hesidence 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, by Charles F. Bunhary, p. 116. 



5. " Ceaird" the Celtic Appellation for " Gypsies.^' — This term 

 primarily signifies " trade, occupation, or any handicraft," by which 



■gain is made, and may have in this respect some radical affinity to 

 the Greek y.sodog gain, which is also employed in a more extended 

 sense to express " craftiness" or "subtlety." The word " Ceard" 

 comes to be applicable, by a natural transition, from the craft to the 

 craftsman / most commonly it is used for this purpose in apposition, as 

 " or-cheard!^ goldsmith, — " ceard-umha,''^ coppersmith. A good 

 illustration of the mode of employing the term occurs in the Gaelic 

 version of the Scriptures, with reference to the artificers of Ephesus, 

 Acts xix. verses 24-25, who are described as crai'tsmen (luchd- 

 ceaird), whoso craft (ceardj as silversmiths (ceaird-airgid), consisted 

 in making silver shrines for the goddess Diana. 



In a more generic and distinctive sense, however, the term "ceaird" 

 is employed in the Highland districts, without any qualifying adjunct 

 or limitation, to all itinerant tinsmiths, horn-spoon manufacturers, and 

 pre-eminently to the " gypsy" tribes. Of the latter, " Ceaird" is the 

 peculiar appellative, without any ambiguity of meaning, generally 

 pronounced like the last syllable of the verb discard, and always con- 



