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pings as the Hottentots, they have however 
a particular pronunciation and exprefiions 
peculiar to themfelves. In fome cantons 
they are called Chlneefe Hottentot^ Chinefc 
Hottentots, becaufe their colour approaches 
near to that of the Chinefe found at the 
Cape ; and, like them, they are of a fmall 
ftature. On account of the affinity of their 
language, I confider thefe people, as well as 
the great and leffer Nimiquas, of whom I 
fliall have occafion foon to fpeak, as a par* 
ticular race of Hottentots ; and though the 
planters confound the former under the ge*^ 
iieral denomination of Boflimen, it is never- 
thelefs true that the favagea of the defart, 
who have no communication with the Dutch 
fettlements, know them only under the 
name of Houfwaana. 
This nation, whatever name may be givea 
it, inhabited formerly the Camdebo, the 
Bocke-Veld, and the Rugge-Veld ; but the 
"ufurpations of the whites, whofe vi£lims they 
have been like the other favages, compelled 
them to take flight, and to feek flicker in 
very remote places. At prefent they inhabit 
that vaft country comprehended between Caf- 
fraria and the great Nimiqua land; and of 
all 
