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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



In the inhabitants of Cape Town, although one sees a great variety 

 of costume and figure, yet a true Hottentot of full blood is said to be 

 but rarely met with. Some, indeed, were pointed out as such; but, 

 although they seemed to have the distinguishing marks that are gene- 

 rally impressed upon us as characteristic, yet on further inquiry they 

 did not prove to be really so. The wood-cut gives a good idea of 

 those seen at Cape Town. 



HOTTENTOTS. 



The men are represented as being very much attached to their 

 sheep-skin cloak or caross. Those that we saw were remarkable for 

 very high and prominent cheek-bones and a sharp chin ; they are not 

 much inclined to steady employment : the attending of cattle, and the 

 indolent and wandering life in which they pass their time, suit their 

 disposition. They at times hire themselves out to the farmers, 

 receiving cattle as wages. In the colony they do not bear a very 

 high character for honesty and faithfulness. They are expert drivers 

 of wagons, but are otherwise careless and inattentive. They are 

 deemed an improvident race, though there are some instances of their 

 showing great attachment to individuals who have treated them well. 

 Their numbers now are variously stated ; but little dependence is to 

 be placed on the accounts given, as is evident by their ranging from 

 ten to thirty thousand. 



Upwards of thirty thousand slaves in the colony have been manu- 



