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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. 



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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 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 immediately 

 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 dis- 

 tinguishing 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. 



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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. 



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