FEUDS BETWEEN GREBUS AND KRUS. 
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tripod figure on each temple.* The two middle incisors 
of the upper jaw are filed away, leaving an angular space. 
The two tribes, Grebus and Krus, have been spoken 
of under one head, as they are really one and the same 
race ; but, unfortunately, an animosity exists between 
them which causes each to keep aloof, and even some- 
times leads to intestine wars. As far as can be learned, 
one great reason of it has been, the fact, that the Krus 
returning with their little earnings along the coast from 
Sierra Leone, have often been way-laid, robbed, and some- 
times murdered by the Grebus, or Fishmen. This seems 
to he the secret of the ill-feeling. 
If you ask a Grebu the character of a Kru, he says, 
“ Kru boy big rogue,” while the latter replies of the 
Grebu, “ Fishman debblish big rogue,” so it is merely a 
question of comparative honesty between them. 
That the kindly disposition of these tribes affords a 
pleasing contrast to that of most other Africans, will be 
confirmed when they pass more in review during the 
difficulties of the Expedition ; and we gladly seize this 
opportunity to bring them under the favourable notice of 
those who are interested in the emigration of free blacks 
to our West Indian possessions. 
No people on the west coast of Africa labour so well, 
so cheerfully, or for such low remuneration as the Krus 
and Grebus, and even the hard and unmerited treatment 
they sometimes meet with will not discourage them. 
* The several admeasurements will be found in the Appendix. 
