THE NEGRO RACE. 45 



Negroes. 



LESSON XII. 



THE NEGRO RACE. 



THE negroes, or blacks, form the third and most 

 distinct race of mankind. They inhabit all the 

 coasts of South Africa, from the river Senegal to 

 the Red Sea. Indeed, it is believed, that the in- 

 terior also of that extensive tract of country is 

 occupied by the black-complexioned race, with the 

 exception of Abyssinia, the inhabitants of which 

 are olive-coloured. 



The negroes are not more remarkable for their 

 jet-black colour, than for the delicate smoothness 

 of their skin. They have deep hazel eyes, a short 

 flat nose, thick lips, long muzzle, prominent cheek- 

 bones, beautifully white teeth, and crisp, short, 

 woolly hair. The natives of Guinea are accounted 

 the ugliest of the black tribes, and those of Congo 

 and Mosambique the handsomest' Further south- 

 ward they become a little paler, and take the name 



