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PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAN. 



OTHER ETHIOPIANS. 



I have felt mach uncertainty respecting the physical race of the 

 Fellata of Central Africa ; especially, as the descriptions of them by 

 Denham and Clapperton, seem to accord entirely with the Ethiopian. 



The Foula, who dwell nearer the Western coast, are said to be 

 connected in language and customs with the Fellata, except that they 

 are not Muslims; and to diflfer from the Negro tribes among which 

 they are scattered, in leading a pastoral life. A Foula seen at the 

 Cape Verd Islands by Mr. Hale, did not appear to him to differ in 

 physical race from the Negro. 



A trader at Zanzibar, on seeing the M'Kuafi above-mentioned, 

 assured me that he had met with the same sort of people on the 

 Western coast of Africa ; but whether these were Foulas, or ' Moors' 

 of the Southern Sahara, he was uncertain. 



