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BTMANA. 



Comoro Isles, the natives of Sofala, the Bororos, and the Monomotapa, or 

 Mocoranga nations, are black, with thick woolly hair, and resemble the 

 natives of Guinea. They ornament the body with marks produced by 

 tatooing and superficial incisions. The annexed figure (215) is the por- 



215 



Of \f 



Mozambique. 



trait of a Mozambique, from Dr. Prichard's learned work on the History 

 of Man, and conveys a good idea of the national phisiognomy. 



The ultratropical extremity of South Africa, that is, from the Desert 

 of Concritan, on the west, and the river of Inhambane, on the east, to 

 the line of shore between the Cape of Good Hope and Algoa Bay, includ- 

 ing the whole of the interior of the country, is inhabited by two races, 

 to which the respective terms, Caflfres and Hottentots, have been applied. 



The Caffres* are divided into many distinct and independent 

 nations, differing in the degree of civilization, to which they have respec- 

 tively advanced ; differing also, to a certain extent, from each other in 

 physiognomy, and speaking various dialects. The range of country 



* The word Caffre, or Kafir, an Arabic term for infidel, has been applied, by the Arab settlers 

 in various parts of Africa, to the heathen natives : the Dutch adopted the term, and conferred it 

 upon the hordes of savages (not Hottentots), by which the Cape colony is surrounded, and custom 

 has legitimatized its use as their national appellation. 



