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suspect that they are the “ Paamways ” of whom Bow- 
dich (“ Sketch of Gaboon,” p. 429) wrote in the begin- 
ning of the century, “All the natives on this route are 
said to be cannibals, the Paamways not so voraciously 
as the others, because they cultivate a large breed of 
dogs for their eating.” Mr. W. Win wood Reade suspects 
them to be an offshoot of the great Fulali race, and 
DEFIANCE. 
there is nothing in point of dialect to disprove what 
we must at present consider a pure conjecture. “ The 
Fulah pronouns have striking analogies with those of 
the Yoruba, Accra, Ashantee, and Timmanee, and even 
of the great Kaffir class of dialects, which reaches from 
the equator to the Cape,” wrote the late learned E. Norris, 
in his “ Introduction to the Grammar of the Fulah 
Language” (London: Harrison, 1854). 
According to the people of the upper river the Fan 
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