VANITY OF KAFFIES. 
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and many of the Amazulu tribes, being purely 
Koman in profile ; others, Grecian and hand- 
some. Their teeth are their greatest beauty, 
being white, regular, and large. They take great 
care of these, always looking at them when 
they obtain a mirror; and carefully washing 
them after eating. Their chests and shoulders 
are broad, square, and firmly set, and their 
limbs are made in exact proportion. 
The colour of their skin is of the darkest 
brown, whilst its surface is rendered soft and 
glossy by the frequent application of oil and 
grease. They are yery cleanly in their persons, 
frequently bathing twice during the day, and 
always once, and anointing after each bath. 
The Kaffirs are certainly open to the accusa- 
tion of vanity; being peculiarly sensitive to 
flattery and praise, and even courting a com- 
pliment, by pretending to admire you first ; and 
then evidently feeling chagrined, when, in re- 
turn, they are saluted (as is not unfrequently the 
case with Europeans) by the polite rejoinder, 
" Begone you ugly-looking Kaffir dog!" Such 
joking, of a personal character, they neither un- 
derstand nor tolerate, nor do they soon forget 
an insult of this kind. 
Their only article of clothing is the kaross. 
This they wear around their bodies, in easy 
and graceful folds, exactly similar, in the falls 
