HOTTENTOT RACE. 



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Hottentots, preparing to remove their Dwelling. 



"1 am not sure," says Dr. Pickering, "thfit I have seen Hotttentots of pure race; and in the following 

 account I am obliged to rely in part on published figures and descriptions of them. Eye-witnesses uni- 

 formly agree in regarding the Hottentot as differing in physical race from the Negro, and they refer to the 

 diminutive stature and the light complexion; the latter, in suae well authenticated instances, having even 



been known to exhibit a flush. 



" Both races seem to lie alike in the texture of the hair, which is 

 more closely woolly than in the rest of mankind ; ami to agree also 

 in the general style of feature. But many travellers describe the 

 Hottentot countenance as being to a marked degree peculiar. 



'•I have found many points of interest in the Hottentot character, 

 as portrayed by travellers, who universally hear testimony to the 

 faithfulness, efficiency, and courage of their guides in trying situa- 

 tions, amid the dangers of this difficult and desolate country. Unlike 

 many wild tribes, the Hottentot did not shrink before the advance 

 of Europeans ; but readily adopting the habits of civilization, these 

 people have ever proved active and useful assistants of the colonists, 

 their history in this respect contrasting strongly with that of the 

 neighboring Kaffre tribes. Indeed, the advantage of the Hottentot 

 character appears to have contributed essentially to the admission of 

 Europeans into this, the only part of Africa that has .proved acces- 

 sible to foreigners; and the benefit deserved a better return than 

 unequal legislation." 



Recent discoveries have shown that the Hottentot race is more 

 A Buihman Lad. widely diffused than was previously supposed. 



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