The races of man, and their geographical distribution . ellata,except that they are not Muslims; and to differ from theNegro tribes among which they are scattered, in leading apastoral life. A Eoula, seen at the Cape Verd Islands byMr. Hale, did not appear to him to differ in physical racefrom the Negro. A trader at Zanzibar, on seeing the MKuafi above-mentioned, assured me that he had met with the same sortof people on the Western coast of Africa; but whetherthese were Eoulas, or Moors of the Southern Sahara, hewas uncertain. CHAPTER XL THE HOTTENTOT RACE. I am not sure that I have seen Hotte
The races of man, and their geographical distribution . ellata,except that they are not Muslims; and to differ from theNegro tribes among which they are scattered, in leading apastoral life. A Eoula, seen at the Cape Verd Islands byMr. Hale, did not appear to him to differ in physical racefrom the Negro. A trader at Zanzibar, on seeing the MKuafi above-mentioned, assured me that he had met with the same sortof people on the Western coast of Africa; but whetherthese were Eoulas, or Moors of the Southern Sahara, hewas uncertain. CHAPTER XL THE HOTTENTOT RACE. I am not sure that I have seen Hottentots of pure race;and in the following account I am obliged to rely in part onpublished figures and descriptions of them. Eye-witnessesuniformly agree in regarding the Hottentot as differing iriphysical race from the Negro, and they refer to the diminu-tive stature and the light complexion; the latter, in somewell-authenticated instances, having even been known toexhibit a flush. Both races seem to be alike in the texture of the hair, w&ti&fr. MOTTTTEIMTOT HA- :\AN LAU. THE HOTTENTOT RACE. 227 which in more closely woolly than in the rest of mankind ;and to agree also in the general style of feature. But ninnytravellers describe the Hottentot countenance as being to amarked degree peculiar. I am inclined to think that the coloured portrait of aHottentot woman in F. Cuviers Mammiferes, will prove tobe a characteristic representation of the race. The three days I spent at the Cape of Good Hope werein great part occupied in an unsuccessful search for exam-ples of the Hottentot race. Some individuals of mixeddescent were pointed out to me, and I thought I could my-self distinguish others. A waggon from the Interior wasaccompanied by several individuals who differed in their per-sonal appearance from mulattoes; and wrho, like the othermixed Hottentots I saw, wrere rather good-looking. Hot-tentots were said to be extremely serviceable, and indeedindispensable, to military expedition
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