60 RIO JANEIRO. 
Janeiro, are, in general, short, badly formed, or clumsy, with narrow 
foreheads, flat noses, protruding jaws and teeth, and prominent 
cheek bones, with the chin sloping backwards. They are indolent, 
thoughtless, and licentious. They may be seen in the streets 
at all hours, employed as carriers, earning the stipulated sum for 
their masters; and when this is gained, they are to be found 
stretched out on the sidewalk, under the porticoes, or on the steps 
of churches, enjoying themselves as mere animals, basking in the 
sun, or sleeping in the shade. They are not deficient in intelligence ; 
the defect is less in their intellectual powers, than in their character, 
which appears to want energy. 
Tattooing, or marking, does not prevail among the tribes of Lower 
Guinea to such an extent. The Kambindas, who border imme- 
diately upon the Minas, appear to have borrowed from them the 
custom, but employ it rather for the purpose of ornament, than as 
a mode of distinguishing their origin. The marks or figures with 
which they brand themselves are various, and sometimes ornamental. 
They are called in Brazil, Kambindas, after the town on the river 
Zaire or Congo, at which they are procured. 
Of the Sundi or Mayomba, who live immediately north of Loango, 
between latitude 3° and 4° S., some have a row or band of small 
cicatrices, coming from each shoulder to the centre of the breast, like 
the ends of a pelerine ; others have various arabesque ornaments. 
Those who come from Buali, the capital of the Loango district, 
m about latitude 4° 30' S, have marks like the preceding, on the 
breast, and others on the arms. 
Towards the south, tattooing is less common, and among the Goy 
or Angoya people (the Kambindas proper), few but women are so 
