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circumstanced) inhabitants of the great African con- 
tinent, we may notice the presence of Aggri beads, 
such as were manufactured by the Egyptians alone, 
in at least three tribes with which we are ac- 
quainted, viz., the Krus, Fantis, and Eggarahs, among 
whom we have found them of unquestionably Coptic 
character; and we have it on the evidence of the 
talented Bowdich that they are also met with at 
Ashanti. We believe, a consideration of all these 
dilFerent circumstances wiU go far to prove, that much 
of what now obtains among the negro races of Western 
Africa — both in their government, forms of religion, 
and civil institutions — were adopted from the numerous 
though imperfect opportunities they had, of becoming 
acquainted with those of the ancient Eg}'ptians. As 
before stated, “ if we remember the proneness of a 
persecuted race to stand still as it were, and the long 
interval which has elapsed since the date of that com- 
munication,” we may rather wonder at being able to 
trace in their rude institutions, any comparison with 
those from which they had borrowed them. 
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