SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
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able to trace. When the country was first discovered, and 
when they were spread over the southern angle of Africa, as 
an independent people, each horde had its particular name ; 
but that by which the collective body as a nation was dis- 
tinguished, and which at this moment they bear among them- 
selves in every part of the country, is Quaiquce. From living 
together in particular clans, and in later times, from mixing 
with different people, the Hottentots of one district differ 
very considerably from those of another. The part of the 
country we now were in, being the last that was colonized, 
was inhabited most probably by such as had retained more 
of their original character than the others; and it is those 
in particular to whom the following remarks are meant to 
apply. 
Low as they are sunk in the scale of humanity, their cha- 
racter seems to have been generally much traduced and mis- 
represented. It is true there are not many prepossessing 
features in the appearance of a Hottentot, but many amiable 
and good qualities have been obscured by the ridiculous and 
false accounts with which the world has been abused. They 
are a mild, quiet, and timid people; perfectly harmless, 
honest, faithful ; and, though extremely phlegmatic, they are 
nevertheless kind and affectionate to each other, and by no 
means incapable of strong attachments. A Hottentot will at 
any time share his last morsel with his companions. They 
have little of that kind of art or cunning that savages 
generally possess. If accused of crimes of which they have 
been guilty, they generally at once divulge the truth. They 
seldom quarrel among themselves or make use of provoking 
