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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



of Vryburg, on both banks of the Molopo 

 River, which divides Cape Colony from the 

 Bechuaualand Protectorate, is the tribe of 

 the Barolong; their chief settlement is at 

 Mafeking, and they extend far to the west into 

 the Kalahari Desert. In the same district, 

 but extending eastward into the Transvaal, is 

 the home of the Barotsi, which is still in- 

 habited by one section of that tribe, though 

 most of the existing Barotsi live north of 

 the Zambesi. North of the Molopo River 

 and west of the Transvaal boundary are the 

 Bangwaketsi, and the Bakwena, or crocodile 

 people, in whose territory was Livingstone's 

 mission-station at Kolobeng. North of these 

 are the Bakatla, or monkey people; and 

 beyond them is the territory of the powerful 

 tribe of Bamangwato, with their chief towns 

 of Shoshong and Palapye. Around Lake 

 Ngami is the clan of the Batwana, who are 

 an otlshoot from the Bamangwato, and are 

 now said to be blacker in colour. 



The Basuto are a section of the Bechuanas, 

 who now occupy the area between the Orange 

 River Colony, Natal, and the eastern extremity 

 of Cape Colony. In the mountain fastness 

 of Thaba-Bossigo they were long able to 

 defeat the attacks of the Boers and British. 

 The country was annexed to Cape Colony in 

 1871, but after a long war was transferred 

 to the Imperial Government in 1884, and 

 is now ruled by a chief named Lerothodi, 

 guided by a British Administrator. The tribe 

 has given up its old political organisation 

 and tribal divisions, and has settled down to agricultural pursuits. The territory of Basutoland 

 is about 10,300 square miles, and the population was 220,000 at the census of 1891. 



Closely allied to the Basuto are the Tonga of Tongaland, the country between Zululand 

 and Portuguese East Africa. The area is about 2.000 square miles, and it is occupied by 

 some 40,000 Tonga, who were subject to the Zulus until they recovered their independence 

 after the Zulu overthrow in 1879. A section of the same tribe lives in Portuguese territory 

 north of the Limpopo, where they were for a time subject to the Swa?i of Gazalaml. The 

 Tonga once ranged much farther northward than they do at present. 



Photo by B. W. Caiiei/] 



A ZULU WITCH-DOCTOR. 



[Durban. 



THE ZULUS. 



Between Tongaland on the north and Natal on the south is the home of the important 

 tribe of the Zulus, the most warlike of all the Bantu and the most powerful native race in 

 South Africa before their conquest in 1879. 



Physically the Zulus are a robust and well-built race; they are above the medium height, 

 light, active, and excellent runners. The prevailing tint is a dark chocolate brown. 



The ordinary dress of the men consists of some strips of fur tied round the waist, while 

 the women wear a short skin petticoat. But the gala and royal dresses are very elaborate. 



