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the Kurrichenes mountains,) combinedly carry 
their habits, language, and tribes, over vast 
tracts of the interior districts. The Kaffir 
Fingo tribes of the Amafenqu, the Amabace, 
and the Matabele, are scattered everywhere 
from Kaffraria, up to the confines of the Blue 
mountains, near the Caledon river on the West, 
and the Quathlamba, Drakensberg, and Lebom- 
bo ranges on the Eastward. The Basutos are 
also Kaffirs, dwelling along the North- western 
borders of the New Colony of Natal, and the 
Dutch, and Trans Yaal Free States. 
The Mantatees are a distinct race, residing 
between these and the Amawazi, which latter 
large and powerful tribes, inhabit the districts 
to the Northward of the Lebombo mountains, 
and the Pongola river. These Mantatees are the 
only tribe of natives in Southern Africa, said 
to be cannibals. It seems from what can be col- 
lected concerning them, that during the wars 
of T'Shaka (or Chaka) and Dingaan, this tribe 
being powerful and warlike, opposed the en- 
croachments of these savage tyrants longer than 
any others, and at length, so exasperated them 
by their obstinate resistance, that they sent 
the full force of their armies at several times 
against them. This so distressed and harrassed 
them, that, from dire necessity, they were com- 
pelled to become cannibals : having once, thus 
