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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
men ; and in the manufacture of these articles 
they while away the hours, when they are con- 
fined within the doors of their huts by rain or 
cold winds. 
In fine weather the men are engaged in the 
care of the cattle, and athletic sports and oc- 
cupations, and the women in working in the 
fields, commingled with gossiping, singing, and 
merry-making. 
They are, universally throughout both sexes, 
an indolent, cheerful, heedless people. They 
have few cares, and they do not allow sorrow 
to bend them. They live for the present, and 
beyond it they seldom look or think. The 
past they seem to think as little of as possible, 
and the future they banish altogether from their 
minds, 
Cruel, revengeful, and savage, when their 
passions are excited, they are indolent, joyous, 
and merry, in their hours of recreation. Hos- 
pitable and generous to all, they expect the 
same from others, and if they do not receive it 
they are disappointed. Many of the vices of a 
vitiated nature they possess, but they are not 
altogether devoid of the few remaining sparks 
of virtue. 
Everything connected with them encourages 
the hope, that if their hearts, as a nation, be 
opened and softened by God's grace, to receive, 
