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Those of the women are more complicated. 
The Tacqua, otherwise called Nouffie or Nyffie, live on the eastern 
side of the Quorra, opposite the former, and have two or three oblique 
lines drawn to the corners of the mouth. 
The Fantees and Ashantees inhabit that part of the coast of 
Guinea, known as the Slave Coast, and the country in the interior. 
The former have no distinguishing mark ; the latter are characterized 
by scars produced by burns on the forehead and cheeks. 
ASHANTEE. 
The Calabars, on the Gulf of Benin, near the mouth of the Quorra, 
are marked with two lozenge-shaped brands on the breast and 
stomach. 
The Eboes live near the preceding, at the separation of the 
mouths of the Quorra. Their mark is an arrow on each 
temple. The town of Ebo is a great mart for the surrounding 
country. 
The Minas are held in much fear in Brazil. They are extremely 
numerous at Bahia, and it is understood, during a late insurrection, 
that they had fully organized themselves, and were determined to 
institute a regular system of government. They had gone so far as 
to circulate writings in Arabic, exhorting their fellows in bondage to 
make the attempt to recover their liberty. 
The nations to the south of the equator, have the usual form of 
the negro, agreeably to our ideas. Those of the slaves at Rio de 
