06fprmcipal foundations3 of their doubts concerning the accuracy
<of his '©.pinion with ■résp^ètÉi their .origin giving particular
^ëightl'^o fhe okeUihstatrc^ithat j|$ctealls theteolour of some of
^%1ïribe«5ih|.ackc Thisds^IhdWeV'èr^h^'fh^ease with any:
;®fere is! td^b^fohridfMeil'f the’ distinbiiönè between
the Caffre and:: t h e s k i n - d f l ’a pur|lCaffre, when
freeidrom all' fé‘feïgfir c|köexion:, is rather a dle% than a dark
brown.'”
It appears that icfonS(|érable varilty^existsr’'m the physical
characters1 of the Kafir race, and that sbme'individuals and
et'en SoMe trifees'^isplay gtekterf^e'^ilnblartcbii1 than fothers to
'the Itegroès in the interior @f Africa. M. Bürchell has made
some remarks on'tMs/^ii^^Cfc which appear'lfi’ffft important.*
He sa^s‘that he? was led by‘ hih petsbhal observation to adopt
the opinion, that oAtravqHirfg furthè#töwarBs'thé north th'0
Kafir tribes”would be found gradually to approach, in featurfeS
and completion, towards the characters bèlonginglto the'black
. races Whoinhabit the equinoctial'parts’of the sateeteoiitinent.
Individuals whom he saw among the Bechuanas, belonging to
& northeih tribe tenhe# ^Nuaketsi, h!ad thickëf l'ip^pmorfe flat-
tenedvnose^jland a blacker jConanlexion than the piëpple of the
®me raee who lived further towards Ttuesquth. Other remarks
led him, afterwards to .generalise this observation. We shall
find it confirmed by a more extensive survey .of fhe nations pf
Southern Africa.
In deieiiliing thp personal characters of ^.thes Matclhapi,.
whom he- terms Bachapips, the- Bechuanas of Litakü, Mr.
BurphelL'^ays, that il they differ.from the Hottentots in the
shape of their countenance ;'i(they have hot' the pointed chins
or narrowness in the lower part of the face that' is peculiar to
the race last mentioned : in their figures they’are, much more
robust. “ They have not the excessively flat and dilated
nose of the natives of Guinea, though examples more .01: less
approaching towards the latter may-frequently be seen.” -j-
* Burchell’s Travels in Southern Africa, vol. ii. p. 438.
+ I have selected as specimens of the phyififcal characters of the Kafir race the
portrait of a Kosah Kafir, by Mr. Daniells. The head of the Kosah Kafir recedes
far from the ordinary characters of the Negro races, and in the expansion of the
forehead appears equal to the majority of Europeans.
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