M A K 
tisfaCtory, s* it tends to prove that fuch a people has been 
beard of hy the Gaffers, which thus eftabliffies the con¬ 
nexion between the tribes of the Cape and the Mofam- 
bique. 
Mr. Salt defcribes the Makooa as a ftrong athletic race, 
very formidable, and occupied in conltant ravages on the 
territories of the Portuguefe, againit whom they are faid 
to bear an inveterate enmity, confelfed to have arifen from 
the fhameful practices of the traders who have gone among 
them to purchafe (laves. Thofe who are enlifted as fol- 
diers in the Portuguefe fervice at Mefuril, are fuch as have 
been made (laves in early youth. Their ufual weapons 
are (pears and poifoned arrows ; but they alfo poffefs no 
inconfiderable number of mufquets, which they procure 
in the northern diftrifts from the Arabs, and very fre¬ 
quently, from the Portuguefe dealers themfelves ; who, ip 
the eager purfuit of wealth, are thus content to barter their 
own fecurity for the gold, (laves, and ivory, which they 
get in return. This affords one proof, among thoufands, 
of that fatal blindnefs, even to the commonelt views of in- 
terelt and policy, which is fure to be engendered by the 
bafe and degrading fpirit of African commerce ; fuch as 
that fpirit {with the few exceptions which are furniffied 
by our own nation) has uniformly (howed itfelf in all the 
dealings of Europeans with that unhappy quarter of the 
world. The Portuguefe fettlements are too weak in them¬ 
felves to oppofe thefe formidable enemies ; which was fig- 
nally evinced by an inroad of the Makooa made only three 
years before the period of Mr. Salt’s vilit; but they have 
ufeful allies in certain tribes on the coalt, who early fell 
under fubje&ion to the Arabs, were conquered and made 
tributary by the firft Portuguefe fettlers, and are ftill go¬ 
verned by their (lieiks, who pay a nominal acknowledg¬ 
ment of fovereignty to the governor of Mofarabique. Of 
thefe, the (heik of Quintangone is the moll powerful, and 
can bring an army of 4 or 5000 men into the field. 
The remainder of Mr. Salt’s account of the Makooa 
(hall be given in his own words. “ In addition to the 
bodily ftrength of the Makooa, may be added the defor¬ 
mity of their vifage, which greatly augments the ferocity 
of their afpeCt. They are very fond of tatooing their 
fkins ; and they praftife it fo rudely, that they fometimes 
faife the marks an eighth of an inch above the furface. 
The falhion molt in vogue is to make a (tripe down the 
forehead along the nofe to the chin, and another in a di- 
re£t angle acrofs from ear to ear, indented in a peculiar 
way fo as to give the face the appearance of its having 
been fewed together in four parts. They file their teeth 
to a point, in a manner that gives the whole fet the ap¬ 
pearance of a coarfe (aw ; and this operation, to my fur- 
prile, does not injure either their whitenefs or durability. 
They are iikewife extremely fantaftic in the mode of dreff- 
ing their hair; fome (have only one tide of the head, others 
both (ides, leaving a kind ot creft extending from the front 
to the nape of the neck, while a few are content to wear 
limply a knot on the top of their foreheads. They bore 
the griltle of the nofe, and lulpend to it ornaments made 
of copper or of bone. The protrufion of their upper lip 
is more conipicuous than in any other race of men I have 
feen ; and tlie women in particular conftder it as fo necef- 
fary a feature to beauty, that they take efpecial care to 
elongate it by introducing into the centre a fmall circular 
piece of ivory, wood, or iron, as an additional ornament. 
The form of the females approximates to that of the Hot¬ 
tentot women, the (pine being curved, and the hinder 
parts protruding ; and indeed, to fay the truth, it is fcarcely 
poffible to conceive a more difagreeable objedt to look at 
than a middle-aged woman belonging to a tribe of the 
Makooa. Wild as the Makooa are in their favage Hate, 
it is aftoniffiing to obferve how docile and ferviceable they 
become as (laves; and, when partially admitted to free¬ 
dom, by being enrolled as foldiers, bow quickly their im¬ 
provement advances, and how thoroughly their fidelity 
may be relied on. Among other enquiries, I was anxious 
to learn whether they entertain any notion of a Deity. 
M A K 17.5 
If they do, it muff be an extremely obfcure one, as they 
have no other word in their language to exprefs the idea 
but Wherimb, which fignifies alfo the (ky. This remark 
is equally applicable to tbe Monjou, who in the fame way 
apply the word Molungo, (ky, to their imperfedt apprehen- 
fion of the Deity. The Makooa are fond of mufic and 
dancing, and are eafily made happy with the found of the 
tom-tom; yet their unvaried tunes and motions (like 
thofo of all favages) foon fatigue European attention. 
They have a favourite inftrument called Arnbtra, the notes 
of which are very fimple yet harmonious, founding to the 
ear, when (kilfully managed, like the changes upon bells : 
it is formed by a number of thin bars of iron of different 
lengths, highly tempered, and fet in a row on a hollow 
cafe of wood, about five inches fquare, clofe on three fides, 
and is generally played upon with a piece of quill. One 
of thefe infiruments which I brought to England has 
twenty of thefe bars. There is another deferibed in Pur- 
chas that had only nine, which alfo differs in fome other 
refpedls from the one I have mentioned.” Salt's Voyage to 
Aby[Jinia, 1810. 
MAKOO'NDA, a town of Hindooftan, in the country 
of Allahabad: fixty miles fouth of Allahabad, and no 
north-north-eaft of Gurra. Lat. 24.. 33. N. Ion. 84.. 37. E. 
MAKOVIT'ZE, a town of Hungary; fixteen miles 
fouth-eaft of Palotza. 
M AKOV'SKOI, a town of Ruflia, in the government 
of Tobollk, on the Ket: forty-eight miles weft of Enifei(k. 
MAKOU'SKI (John), a celebrated Poliffi protefiant 
divine, was born at Lobzenick in the year 1588. He did 
not begin his ftudies very early in life; but, as he pof- 
feffed great acutenefs of genius, and was indefatigable in 
his application, that circumftance did not prevent him- 
from diftinguilhing himfelf by his literary acquirements. 
He (tudied the Latin language, went through his courfe 
of philofophy at Dantzic, and rofe to eminence among 
his fellow-ftudents, particularly in the practice of depu¬ 
tation, to which he was palfionately attached. Returning 
to his father’s houfe, he obtained the appointment of tu¬ 
tor to fome young gentlemen, whom he accompanied on 
their travels. Wherever they came, Makoulki loft no op¬ 
portunity which prefented itfelf of cultivating his polemic 
talent; at Prague attacking the Jefuits, and at Lublin fre¬ 
quently entering the lifts with the Socinians. After fpend- 
ing fome time in the moft fiourifliing univerfities of Ger¬ 
many, he came to Franeker, where he was admitted to the 
degree of doffor of divinity, in the year 1614.. Here he 
afforded fuch evidence of his genius and learning, that 
the curators of the univerlity were defirous of retaining 
him in that feminary ; and he accepted an offer which 
they made him of an extraordinary profefforfhip of divi¬ 
nity, in the year 1615. During the following year he was 
made profeffor in ordinary ; and he exercifed that office 
for near thirty years, with confiderable reputation. He 
appears to have been the firft who introduced the fubtil- 
ties of fcholaltic philofophy into the theological fyftem of 
the reformed churches in Holland. In the mylteries of 
that philofophy he was deeply verfed ; and, by making 
ufe of its minute dilti*dtions and intricate (peculations in 
his leisures, expofed himfelf to the charge of herefy, which 
was preferred againft him before the ltates of Frielland. 
That.charge was taken into confideration by a committee 
of the fynod of Dort; who gave it as their opinion, that 
he was unjuftly accufed of herefy ; but that, in his divi¬ 
nity ledtures, he had not followed that.fimplicity of me¬ 
thod, and clearnefs of expreffion, which are commenda¬ 
ble in a public teacher ot Chriltianity ; and that he rather 
followed thefubtile manner of the fcholaftic dodtors, than 
the plain and unaffected phrafeology of theinfpired writers. 
He died in 1644, when about fifty-lix years of age. He 
does not appear to have publiffied any thing, excepting 
fome controverfial pieces againft the Arminians and Soci¬ 
nians; but, after his death, Nicholas Arnold, a Polilh mi- 
niIter, and profeffor of divinity at Franeker, printed from 
his MSS. 1. Collegia Theologies, and Loci communes 
Theologies, 
