CHAP. XXXVI. 
NATIONS BEYOND DAMARA. 
o F these very little is known by the Namacquaas. 
There is a nation on the sea coast called Kabbe, who 
are black, and their hair, like that of the Hottentots, 
grows in little woolly tufts. From these people the 
Dutch, in the days of the slave trade, frequently 
brought slaves. They manufacture several articles 
from iron which they sell to the Damaras. There m 
also a nation called Naviss, which is reported to be a 
numerous and powerful people. Tliey live more 
to the eastward, or higher in the interior than tlie 
Kabbe. 
The little information which I could obtain con- 
cerning the nations beyond the Great River on the 
western shores of Africa, convinced me that it would 
be highly gratifying to the Society, and likewise to the 
public at large, to cause these countries to be explored, 
because it is probable a most extensive field would 
thereby be laid open for the exertion of christian 
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