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as that described as distinctive of the Caffres, and their language 
proved to be a sister dialect. 
The natives whom he met with, and from whom this information 
was derived, came from the town of Okankomatta, on the coast, 
between the Nyambara and Nyango rivers, in about latitude 24° S., 
and from Kamouanawankushion, the river of Nyampara, in the inte- 
rior. The distinctive personal mark of this tribe is the most extra- 
ordinary of any. It consists of a row of artificial pimples or warts, 
about the size of a pea, beginning in the middle of the upper part of 
the forehead, and descending to the tip of the nose. Of these they 
are very proud. The manner in which these singular elevations 
were produced we were not able to learn. The natives appeared to 
be averse to speaking of it. 
The Mudjana or Mutchana are one of a number of savage tribes 
who inhabit the country inland of Makua and Mocacougua, with 
whom they carry on a continual war, for the purpose of procuring 
slaves. The best known of these are the Mudjana, the Mananji. the 
Maravi and the Makonde. The Mudjana dwell about three hundred 
miles from the coast, and are among the ugliest of the African tribes. 
They are short and ill-formed, with the usual negro features in their 
most exaggerated forms. They have on the face and body cicatrices 
in the shape of a double cross or star, disposed without regularity. 
The incisions are made when they are children, and some kind of 
wood is rubbed upon them to give them a dark colour. 
The Mokonde, similarly located, have marks similar to those of the 
Mudjana. Their teeth are filed down in the centre, the sides of each 
tooth being left like those of the Angoyas. 
