S6 DESCENDANTS OF THE PORTUGUESE. Chap. III. 



of Dr. Livingstone's map in this particular. This is men- 

 tioned because lately the Portuguese have seriously attempted 

 to show that the Kongone was previously well known to their 

 slavers. Paul is of mixed breed, but seems to thrive, being 

 the only really fat man of the descendants of the Portuguese 

 in East Africa. It is a pity that a certain class of diseases, 

 self-induced and inherited, have become so universal among 

 half-castes, that no conclusion can here be drawn as to their 

 permanence as a race. 



