Africa . tentot language, which is rich in clicksounds, belongs to the Pronominal Suffix order, and isdivided into four dialects : the Cape Hottentot, that of theEastern province, the Kora, and the Nama or this linguistic division the ethnographic correspondsin all essentials, except that the Koi-Koin of the Cape arescarcely to be distinguished from those of the Easternprovince. Hence the Hottentots are properly dividedinto three groups: the Colonial, or Hottentots properlyso called, dwelling in Cape Colony, and thence eastwardsto the borders of Kafirland, but possessing no genera

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Africa . tentot language, which is rich in clicksounds, belongs to the Pronominal Suffix order, and isdivided into four dialects : the Cape Hottentot, that of theEastern province, the Kora, and the Nama or this linguistic division the ethnographic correspondsin all essentials, except that the Koi-Koin of the Cape arescarcely to be distinguished from those of the Easternprovince. Hence the Hottentots are properly dividedinto three groups: the Colonial, or Hottentots properlyso called, dwelling in Cape Colony, and thence eastwardsto the borders of Kafirland, but possessing no genera*name comprising aU their several tribes; the Korana, settledmainly on the right bank of the Orange river, more 464 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGEAPHY AND TEAVEL. especially along its upper course, and in the Vaal andHart districts; lastly, the Namaqua, whose domain em-braces the western portion of South Africa, borderingeastwards on the Kalahari desert, and extending from theOrange river northwards to Walfisch HOTTENTOTS. IOKTtMrst, WFST AhKU \

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