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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, 
to their several towns with all sorts of English manu- 
factures, the fruit of cheerful labour, and bearing with 
them recollections of civilized life, which must even- 
tually be productive of good. 
Although that portion of West Africa occupied by the 
Grebus and Krus, is inconsiderable in extent and power, 
it is distinguished from all other parts of the coast by 
the free and independent character of the people. This 
is so well knowm to the slave dealers, that they never 
attempt to prosecute their vile traffic in that country. 
Nothing, indeed, hurts the pride of these fine fellows 
more than to insinuate that they are “ esclavos,” or 
slaves. Nevertheless, they have among them a small 
number of captives, taken in war, whom they treat with 
gentleness. 
In physical character, the Grebus and Krus rank 
among the highest in the division not inappropriately 
designated by some ethnologists, the Ibu- Ashanti race. 
They are generally well-made, muscular, active and very 
pow’erful. The features of many are good, and the 
chin well-formed ; but in some the feet are rather 
large and the nose flattened ; these latter characteristics 
are particularly noticeable in those whose colour of skin 
is lighter. The head inclines more to an oval, and does 
not rise so high as in their eastern neighbours — the 
Fantis ; and the facial angle, as far as one can judge 
from ocular comparison, is in favour of the Krus and 
Grebus. The distinctive mark is a line tattoed along the 
middle of the forehead, continued over the nose, and a 
