



-SONS IN ETHNOLOGY vn. 



UOES fconr. 



:ibos aooth of tho tropic of Capricorn aro not of thu 

 fro race. They may bo di. Caffres and 



The former arc to superior a race that tern 

 has arisen to h..ld witliont proof tlmt they must have a large 

 infusion df Aral, l.looil in tli- ;t their physical appear- 



ance shows them to bo almost wholly African. Yet those who 

 hTO had to do witli them speak highly of their intcllo. 

 t'affro is a Mohammedan one, signifying tlmt. t: 

 vidtiaT or tribe BO designated is ' infidel." The pn>j,,. r name of 

 tire Caffres i< Amokosas; the first two syllables of wl, 

 the same as those of tho term Aina/ir^hs, applied, it will IIP 

 remembered, to tho Berbers of Northern Africa. 



the affinities of the religion* in thai oonttMat is abo . 

 lt ; in foot, it has already begun to yield bterwUn* 

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TMB MKOIIITOI AMD WATITI AOtTBALUKS. 



This name ha* been applied to a no* which, though negro in 

 it* characteristics, yet occupies regions to remote from Africa. 

 that it is not easy to suppose it in any way connected with 

 that continent. It inhabits the Eastern > -cbipelago, being 

 t .iiii-i in liirneo, the Philippine Island*, the MJ*itfff. New 

 Guinea, and portions of Polynesia. Among the most remark- 

 able specimens of tho family aro tho Papuan of New Guinea, 

 who have immense mops of frizzled hair, which five them sv 

 very odd appearance. Some hare thought them not a pure 

 but a mixed race. 



The aboriginal Australians are readily distinguished from the 



GUOUP OF NEW CALEDONIANS. 



Tho Hottentots, though occupying territories adjacent to those 

 of the Caffres, arc a totally distinct tribe. They have never 

 shown themselves able to hold their own like the Amakosas ; 

 and, unless when raised by missionary exertions, they have 

 simply sunk lower and lower as civilisation has advanced. Tho 

 Bushmen are the most degraded of all, being mostly stunted in 

 fltature, deformed in appearance, and despised oven by the other 

 native Africans around. It is pitiable to see a tribe of mankind 

 reduced to so hopeless a plight. 



"With so large a part of Africa yet unexplored it would be 

 premature to attempt extensive classifications of ita varied 

 tongues. When, however, these shall become known and bo 

 properly compared, both in their grammatical structure and in 

 their roots, there can be little doubt that a flood of light will 

 be thrown on many ethnological problems at present obscure. 

 A very interesting subject of inquiry cognate to that of the 

 relations subsisting among the African languages wo mean, 



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Negritos by their hair, which is not short and woolly, bat 

 long and curly. Nevertheless, they occupy a very low place in 

 the intellectual scale. The most persevering missionary effort 

 among them has effected but little, and the race hastens to 

 extinction. 



CONCLUSION. 



Among all the plants and animals of the world a etrnggle 

 for existence is continually in progress, and the same is the caee 

 with the several races of men. When civilisation and barbarism 

 come in contact, the option which natural law gives to the 

 less advanced race is a very stern one : You, within a brief 

 period, accept the higher culture placed within your reach, or 

 you perish. Unhappily, this natural law, which the Divine 

 Creator has seen fit, in his unerring wisdom, to make stringent 

 in ita operation, has been considerably quickened in iU 

 action by civilised men of low moral feeling, who have syste- 

 matically acted to tho inferior races in a manner in which. 



