BALALA BUSHMEN. 
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As regards literature, nothing has been ac- 
complished in their language. Indeed, it is the 
opinion of the best authority on these dialects, 
that it is quite incapable of possessing any. 
Humanly speaking, it appears necessary to 
teach the Bushmen a new language, (and the 
same remark applies, with almost equal force, to 
every Hottentot tribe) in order to their Chris- 
tianization and civilization. 
The notice here of two more tribes of this de- 
graded family, will suffice to complete and close 
their painful history. These are the "Balala 
Bushmen; 55 and, last and inferior to all, the 
a Zulu Bushmen, 55 or better known, perhaps, in 
Europe, as the " Earthmen of INatal. 55 
Of the former of these, the " Balala, 55 little 
more has been ascertained, than that they reside 
on the borders of the Bechuana country, near the 
Mampoor Lake, 800 miles North of Lattakoo. 
They are more generally known as u Bechuana 
Bushmen. 55 They appear to sustain a relation 
to that people, of a similar nature to that which 
the "Koruima or Namaqua Bushmen 55 bear to 
the Hottentot family. 
From the isolated manner in which they live, 
various dialects have also arisen amongst them ; 
and this circumstance, connected with the remote 
and unexplored districts which they inhabit, 
renders their barbarity and wildness still more 
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