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somewhat lower stature than the Englishman ; but he has a 

 well-proportioned and well- developed frame, of slim rather 

 than robust dimensions, and, as a rule, more fitted for the 

 exertion of activity than of strength. There is more of the 

 Mercury than of the Hercules about him. He has black wool 

 upon his head in the place of hair, and very commonly he has 

 the large protruding mouth, thick lips, and broad flat nose of 

 the negro type of organization, as shown in the accompanying 

 very characteristic portrait taken from the life. But occasionally 

 he has the narrow aquiline nose, straight lip, long beard, 

 retiring chin, and square prominent forehead of the European. 



BUST OP EAFFIK. 



His eye is for the most part dark, soft, and twinkling with 

 merry humour, and his face stamped with an open, gentle, 

 and amiable expression. The few observers who made his 

 acquaintance before the days of Chaka's military despotism 

 always spoke of him as being gentle and amiable in character. 

 The small-boned and slender limbs of the Kaffir, already 

 alluded to, at once distinguish him from his cousins of the 

 negro variety of the dark skinned African family. In young 

 individuals and among the boys, the tapering, delicate arms 

 and hands, slim legs, and slight feet are so remarkable that 

 they catch the attention of the most careless observer. In all 

 probability he has some substratum of the coarse-grained, 



