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much elongated, but the nose was not particularly prominent. The 

 third individual, had a straighter beard ; which was black and gray in 

 regular stripes, as in another instance already mentioned. The com- 

 plexion was the same in all three, and though very light, was by no 

 means of a sickly hue; and indeed, these persons might readily have 

 been passed in the street, as belonging to the White race. 



The last-mentioned and principal man, was an Arab by education, 

 and perhaps partly by descent. He was acquainted with Southern 

 Arabia and Eastern Africa, and he spoke of Americans residing at 

 Zanzibar; he named also, " Yummen, Melinda, and Larno," but the 

 place he appeared to be most familiar with, was Mukdusha. He had 

 a large stock of Surat stuffs, cottons and silks, some of them, of rich 

 and costly patterns, such as are worn by the most wealthy among the 

 Arabs. 



A fourth individual belonging to the Abyssinian race, was seen at 

 Singapore; a woman, who was called a Koffri, and who was living in 

 a European family. She was unwilling to make her appearance be- 

 fore strangers ; but a momentary glance, enabled me to distinguish 

 the elongated style of countenance above-mentioned, unaccompanied 

 by any perceptible signs of Negro descent. 



At Zanzibar^ a rough-looking man attracted my attention, on ac- 

 count of the texture of his hair; which, besides being crisped, was 

 coarse and wiry like that of the Feejeeans. A further agreement was 

 observed in the complexion ; but the expression of countenance, dif- 

 fered totally from both the Feejeean and Ethiopian, the nose being 

 even upturned. This man stated, that " he was born in Habsy ; but 

 having been brought away while very young, he did not know by 

 what route lie had arrived at Zanzibar," whether by the Red Sea, or 

 otherwise. 



All the other genuine Abyssinians met with, were seen at Mocha. 

 The first of them, was as fair-complexioned as the Arabs of the middle 

 class, and w^as even mistaken for one by my Arab interpreter ; who, 

 however, on my desiring him to look again, corrected himself, saying, 

 "it was different blood." The age of this Abyssinian was about 

 thirty-five years; and he liad formerly been a slave, but he had be- 

 come free. Another individual was darker, and more resembled a 

 mulatto, though an obvious difference was soon discovered in the 

 qualities of the mind : indeed, they both seemed to have a more in- 



