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the other nations of Lower Guinea. They are next in estimation to 

 the Minas, being steady, industrious, and intelligent. They make 

 excellent husbandmen. They are generally of good height, with 

 features having less of the negro stamp than those of the Congo : the 

 forehead tolerably high, the nose not much depressed, and the lips 

 moderately full. 



The extent of the Congo territory is now comprised between the 

 Zaire and Dande rivers, or about two hundred miles of sea-coast. 

 These limits define with sufficient accuracy the extent within which 

 the Congo language prevails. 



The Congoes file their teeth after the fashion of the Angoyas. 

 Sometimes, though not often, they have a few marks on each temple. 





The Angola and the Kasanji are considered in Rio as of different 

 nations, but their languages are the same, with hardly a dialectical 



