NEGRO RACE. 



Wofeen of Kanembo and Soudan. 



A Bechuana. 



A Bush Girl. 



•'At the present day," says Dr. Pickering, "the personal appearance of the Negro is generally familiar; 

 and the thick lips, flattened nose, retreating forehead, close, woolly hair, and dark complexion, have become 

 proverbial. The Negro appears to exceed all other races in depth of hue, and in the close, woolly texture 

 of the hair is rivalled oidy by the Hottentot. The absence of rigidity and of a divided apex in the car- 

 tilage of the nose is a character common equally to the Malayan, and, probably, to some of the other 

 races. 



" In the case of two Albino children, the Negro aspect had so entirely disappeared, that they might have 

 passed for the children of Europeans, but for the remarkable appearance of the hair, which I could only 

 compare to white fleece. 



" The Negro race seems to occupy about one half of Africa, and, excluding the northern and southern 

 extremes with the table-land of Abyssinia, it holds all the more temperate and fertile parts of the continent. 

 These limits, to all appearance, would not have been exceeded to this day, aside from foreign interference ; 

 but, as one consequence of the events of the last two centuries, the Negro race seems destined to fdl 

 hereafter an important place in general history. 



"Negroes are now to be found in most parts of the globe where Europeans have established themselves. 



" During a week spent in different parts of the island of Madeira, I met with no Negroes, except at the 

 port of Funchal; and the few individuals seen at this place may have been connected with the foreign 

 shipping. 



" On the other hand, the population of the Cape Verd Islands, judging from our hasty visit, appeared 

 to be principally composed of Negroes ; and they were living in a very rude state for the subjects of a 

 civilised government. They, however, exhibited a certain air of independence, not seen in the same race 

 in the United States. 



" Brazil had more of the aspect of a European colony, although Negroes formed the most numerous class 

 of the population of Rio Janeiro and its environs; and instances of even mixed descent were compara- 

 tively rare. Most of these Negroes were slaves ; but very many were employed as soldiers in the military 

 police. Others held places of honor and trust under the government; and one man was spoken of, as being 

 distinguished for his abilities as an advocate. Several of the women, too, moved, with their Portuguese 

 husbands, in the first circles of society. 



'•I was careful to look among the imported Negroes for traces of some different race; but I was unable 

 to detect any ; neither have I met with more success in other parts of America. A second race may have 

 been souk. times included in the importations from Madagascar; but otherwise, I think instances have been 

 extremely rave; prior at least to the recent introduction by the English of people of Iiindostan. 



" There are, perhaps, fewer Negroes in Chili than in any other Europeanised portion of America. I do 

 not remember seeing more than ten or twelve, during the eighteen days I spent in Chili, chiefly at the 

 cities of Valparaiso and Santiago." (22) 



