Slave Coast, and the adjoining inland country
............................ ..................... ................... 91
Section 7. Natives of Benin and the' Countries adjacent
on the Bights of Benin and Biafra—Races of
Ibo, Binin, Moko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Section 8. General observations on thé physical characters
•of the nations^mentioned' in- the foregoing
chapter, and specimens of their languages..- 96
CHAPTER V.
Ethnography o f Central Africa to the Northward, o f the Equator>
continued—Middle Division—Interior o f Africa.
Section 1. Of the earliest accounts of Sudan -rrr.. . . . . . 100
Information respecting Negroland, contained
in the works of Arabian travellers, Edrisi,
Ibn Batuta, and Leo Africanus i ........... .....' 100
Section 2. Further observations om the history of the nations
of Sudan ............... ................ 108
Paragraph 1. Of the nations and provinces
contained in Western Sudan.. 108
—*—-----2. Eastern Sudan—Of Haüsa, _
and the nations speaking dialects of the
Guberi or Haüsa language . | . . . . . . . . 109
-------- ------3. Empire _of B o rn ü ............ 110
Vocabulary of the languages^!
Sudan........... . . . . . #. 113
-----— 4. Of other Negro states nominally
or really dependent on the empire
of Bornu, viz. Mobba or Bergu,
Begharmeh and B o rgho ........................ 114
Section 3. Of the people of Borghö and Yarriba............... 115
Physical characters of the natives of Borgho
and Yarriba ........................................ jig
Section 4. Notices of the physical characters of the native
races of Sudan ............... j2q
Section 5. Of the Falatiya or Felatahs......................... .. ’ * 121
Comparative vocabulary of languages of Western
and Centi’al Africa, northward of the
Equator ............................................ j27
CHAPTER VI.
Ethnograghy of Eastern Africa to the Northward of the Equator
—Abyssinian Nations.
Section 1. Outline of the physical geography of Abyssinia
................................................................ .. • 128
Paragraph 1. General description . . . . 128
— ------ - 2. First levèl-^-Plain of the
Baharnegash ........................ 129
------------- 3. Second level—Kingdom of
' Tigré .............................. I . . . . . 130
4. High Abyssinia — Kingdom
of Amhara...................................... 130
Eastern limits of Abyssinia 132
Section 2. Enumeration of the different races of people
inhabiting the Abyssinian empire.............. 132
Paragraph 1. Tjgrani, or Abyssins of
Tigré ......................................................... 133
— ......... 2. Amharas .......................... 133
------— -4* 3. A g ow s ................. 133
— ----- 4. Falasha................................... 134
---- -7—— 5. Gafats ................................. 135
------------ - 6. .. Gongas and Enareans. . . . 135
--——-— - 7.,, Cambas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Section'S. On the physical characters of the Abyssinian
r a c e s........... ........................... 136
Section 4. Inquiry into the history of the Abyssins, and
their different races and languages . . . . . . . . 143
Paragraph 1. Of the Gheez or Ethippic,
the Amharic, and other languages of
Abyssinia . ............. 143
------------- 2. Of the introduction of Judaism
into Abyssinia 146
4 ---------3. Historical notices of Axum
and the Abyssinians.......... ..................... 148
■------------- 4. Abyssinians, a colony from
Arabia—Historical proofs—Inquiry into
the history of the Ham/arite Arabs . . 150
------------ 5. Conclusion — Remarks on
the physical characters of the Abyssinians 153
Numerals in the Abyssinian languages.. 155