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preserve some political connexion. All this region was formerly 
termed Mocacougua by the Portuguese. The Takwani, by way 
of marks, have several groups of dots or scars imprinted in various 
parts of the forehead, and also on the breast. 
Takwani is situated four days' journey up the river Zambezi. 
The natives of Mesena have also the same marks; they inhabit 
the country round the Portuguese fort Sena, on the Zambezi, and 
were formerly part of the great kingdom of Motapa. 
CAFFRE PROPER. 
The Caffres who are found as slaves, are generally slender and 
well made, with faces partaking slightly of the Moorish cast. Their 
colour is a yellowish brown, between that of a mulatto and true 
negro. The nose is not depressed, the lips are rather thick, the eyes 
large, black and bright, and the hair woolly. Two divisions of the 
Caffres have been described by the various authors who have written 
of them and their dialects. These tribes they have divided into the 
Caffres proper, to the east of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 
extending from the Great Fish River as far east as Delagoa Bay, in 
latitude 26° S. ; and the Bechuanas, to the north, inhabiting the 
interior as far as the tropics, and the country of the Wanketsi. 
The country between Delagoa Bay and Sofala, Mr. Hale, from his 
investigation, believes to be inhabited by another race of Caffres, 
which he designates by the name of Nyambana. He remarks that 
their language and physical traits belong to the same family with the 
Caffres proper and the Bechuanas. Their physiognomy is the same 
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