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the characters of complexion, of hair, features and figure 1 . 

 The truest characteristics of the negro, are blackness of colour, 

 woolly hair, and, according to Dr Livingstone, features like 

 the pictures and monuments of the ancient Egyptians, or the 

 features of the modern Copts. It will presently be seen that 

 some of the races brought to our notice by him, are, according 

 to this standard, true negroes. 



The tribes south of the Equator ; and especially those recently 



brought to light by Dr Livingstone. 



"Man's goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his 



own way?" — Prov. xx. 24. 



We have just seen that the native inhabitants of Southern 

 Africa are usually ranged under the two great divisions of 

 Kafirs and Negroes. The former of these terms in reality 

 embraces the great Bechuana family of tribes ; to which 

 family the name of its most energetic and distinguished branch 

 — the Kafir — is thus commonly applied. The latter comprises 

 the other races, who approach, perhaps, more nearly in several 

 respects to the true negro type. We will now discuss the 

 members of these two great branches in order. 



The Bechu- These are the people with whom our traveller 

 ana family of has chiefly had intercourse. The Kafir tribe is 

 Tribes. a Dranc h of it. These tribes under various names 



are scattered from the eastern to the western coasts ; and from 

 Cape Colony in the south, even as far as the limits of the 

 Makololo dominions in the north. 



The Makololo generalize this great family of African races 

 into three divisions, viz. : 



1st, The Matebele, or Makonkobi — the Caffre family liv- 

 ing on the eastern side of the country ; 2nd, The Bakoni, or 

 Basuto ; and 3rd, The Bakalahari, or Bechuanas, living in the 

 central parts, which includes all those tribes living in or ad- 

 jacent to the great Kalahari Desert 2 ." 



1 Ibid. Vol. 11. pp. 341. 2 Travels, pp. 200—201. 



