. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. DAMAKA SMOKING PARTY. CPIAPTER IX.^outl) Cropical afriran«5. The Damaras—Physical type—Character—Treatment of sick and inflrm—Superstitions—TheOvampos— Other Bantu tribes —Handicrafts—Burial customs —Warlike character — TheUnyamuesi—The Manyema—Natives of Kizambala—Natives of Rubunga—The Wayanzi—People of Zanzibar—Mixture of races—The slave trade—The Suahell—The Wanyika—TheMa
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. DAMAKA SMOKING PARTY. CPIAPTER IX.^outl) Cropical afriran«5. The Damaras—Physical type—Character—Treatment of sick and inflrm—Superstitions—TheOvampos— Other Bantu tribes —Handicrafts—Burial customs —Warlike character — TheUnyamuesi—The Manyema—Natives of Kizambala—Natives of Rubunga—The Wayanzi—People of Zanzibar—Mixture of races—The slave trade—The Suahell—The Wanyika—TheMasai and Wakwafi—Military organisation—The recent scramble for Africa—French posses-sions—German sphere of influence—The Congo Free State—Portuguese territory—Loango, Bundatribes—Character of Angolesenegroes—A state reception-Slavery and trade — Marketscene at Loanda —Costume—European residents Kingdomof Congo—Other Bantu king-doms. RAYELLING north-ward from the Capedistricts, we meet withThe ^ succession ofDamaras. tribes, some ofwhich are more alliedto the Kaffirs, others tothe Equatorial Damaras andOvam-. DAMAKA HUTS. 6J6 SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICANS. 657 pos were both made known largely by Mr. Francis Gal ton ( Narrativeof an Explorer in Tropical South Africa, 1853). The Damaras of thePlain are true Bantu, while the Plill Damaras are Hottentots, who havebeen dispossessed of the plains by the former. The Plain Damaras, whocall themselves Ovaherero, are tall, handsome and well-proportioned;and the women when young are good-looking, with small hands and feet,but as they grow older they become ugly and repulsive, physicalVarious species of mimosa, with palms, are the chief vegeta- *yP®-tion ; and the vast desert country is often devastated by sand-storms. Theconical huts of the Damaras, which in several respects resemble those ofthe Kaffirs, are often covered with ox-hides. Beds are ma
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