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that of the Negroes of Equatorial Africa. They have neither the 

 pronounced tint nor the broad flat nose of the blacks of Guinea and 

 the Soudan. They form great nations, build towns, cultivate the 

 land, and work in metals. Their stock throws off four branches : the 

 handsomest and most cultured is that of the Zulus, whose hue is not 



HOTTENTOTS A MAX AND WOMAN. 



darker than that of the Arabs, and of whom the Wanikas offer the 

 most conspicuous type. Then follow the south Kaffir branch, includ- 

 ing the Amacondas and the Ama-Hupubas ; the Sofaloa branch, whose 

 type most nearly approaches the pure Negro race ; finally, the Kaffir- 

 Hottentot branch, which comprehends the Makololos, the Bakonis, 

 the Basoutos, the Batouas, the Damaras, people of a clear brown hue, 

 who have migrated from the north to the south, driving before them 

 or subjugating the Hottentots, with whom they have intermixed. 



