Africa . r general type is that of a people with a peculiar paleyellow-brown complexion, very curly elf-lock or mattedhair, narrow forehead, high cheek-bones projecting side-ways, pointed chin, body of medium size, rather hardythan strong, with small hands and feet, and platynoce-phalous cranium. The Hottentot 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 t
Africa . r general type is that of a people with a peculiar paleyellow-brown complexion, very curly elf-lock or mattedhair, narrow forehead, high cheek-bones projecting side-ways, pointed chin, body of medium size, rather hardythan strong, with small hands and feet, and platynoce-phalous cranium. The Hottentot 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 generalname comprising all their several tribes; the Korana, settledmainly on the right bank of the Orange river, more. THE HOTTENTOTS. 453 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 Bay.
Size: 1281px × 1951px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorkeaneaha, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1878
