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however, some deceased Negro priests had been canonized. Among 

 the military, Negroes were sometimes observed in the ranks; together 

 with a much larger proportion of persons of mixed origin, " zamboes 

 and mulattoes." In the region of the Andes, I saw but one Negro; 

 who held some subordinate ofRce in a small village. 



In New South Wales, I met with two or three Negroes in the 

 streets of Sydney ; but I saw none on my visit to the district of the 

 Hunter River. 



Free Negroes were occasionally seen on such of the Folynesian 

 islands as have resident Whites; having been derived, as in various 

 other parts of the world, chiefly from the American shipping. I also 

 met with a few half-breeds, between the Negro and Polynesian. Up 

 to the time of our visit, no Negroes had taken up their abode at the 

 Feejee Group. 



Among the East India islands, Negroes seem to be very nearly 

 wanting; and, indeed, we read of their being carried to the Indo-Chi- 

 nese countries as curiosities. At Singapore, situated in respect to the 

 route of travel at the entrance of the whole region, I met with three 

 Negroes; and one of them, had been introduced partly through the 

 agency of Europeans. This man was large and muscular in com- 

 parison with the surrounding population, and was called a 'KofFri;' 

 a class of persons, said to have been originally imported from Mozam- 

 bique into Southern India; and who bear a high character for fidelity. 

 It seemed singular that their identity with the Negro, was not recog- 

 nised even by American residents. 



At Cape Town, the lower class of the population appeared to be 

 composed chiefly of Negroes; and, according to report, "they had 

 been derived principally from Mozambique and Madagascar." They 

 appeared to be more cleanly, and to live on a better footing with their 

 White neighbours, than their brethren in our northern cities. 



At St. Helena, the Negro portion of the population, as already 

 stated, had been "derived exclusively from Madagascar." A re- 

 markable deviation from direct commercial intercourse, may be here 

 noted; the circumstance "that slaves from Africa, are now carried 

 across the island of Madagascar, to be sold to Europeans from its 

 eastern coast." 



One or more Negroes from the United States, had taken up their 

 residence at Zanzibar, and others again, at Bombay ; conforming to 

 the customs of their several adopted countries, and having no wish 

 to return to the land of their nativity. 



