nations, though it is still far from the Negro lip. Their hair is bushy and strong; but
not woolly.” The same intelligent traveller subsequently speaks of their language, respecting
which he was certainly well qualified tb judge: he assures us that'the'people
south of Siout are ancient Bedouin tribes, who speak a yery^pure Arabic; and he makes
a nearly similar remark respecting those who inhabit the -river banks fitomyjpbhgola to
Senaar, and thence westward to Boruou, although they'speak many dïffeÈenölptïects.*
It is well known, howhver, &.at ithBe a|e whole tribes ip bïubia whöse'langmk'g'é iSrost
derived from the Jirabie; and these may be mof6-jjearly_allied to the priuiifrye'Jfi^pila-
tion. “ The inhabitants of Bar Bongola-’ says Dr. ïlüppel|,.‘“ are (prided iate-jswo .principal
classes, namely, the Barabra, of déséèndants o f ike old Ethiopian natives of the count-
try, and the rases of Arabs who have emigrated from the Hedjar. FUhe ariöêsteWtëf^'he
Berabra, who* ifeifre course of centueies h a v e r e p e a t e d l y conquered byvhóstiie;trib:es',
must have undergone some intermixture.with people of foreign blood;* yetoan attentive
inquiry will enable us to distinguish among them national physiognomy which
their forefathers have marked upon colossal statues, and the" bas-reliefs of temples and
sepulchres, A long, oval countenance, a beautifully curved bbs©,- somewhat 'ïèfinded
towards the tip, proportionately thick lips, but not protrUdifigmxcessiwriyj'a fétreatiiig
chin, scanty beard, lively eyes, strongly frizzled butneyer woolly, haii-paikematkably beam
tiful figure, generally of middle size, and a bronze colour, are the'ichaTafcterist*iCs, 'ofr’-the
genuine Dungolawi.”f He adds, that the same traits of physiognomy arefgerierMly'rfbund
among the Ababdé, the Bishareen.and partially among the people of Shehdy'aÉ'd Abyssinia.
I t must .be acknowledged, however, that we can hardly expect to-lfiad itlieTgfehdim
Egypto-Ethiopian lineaments in any considerable number among the .mpdertf NluaS^isr
Placed as the fermer were, between the Egyptians on the north; thefIrido-A rabian nations
on?the eaht|fani th# Ii6g^S'ma4he.south:and west,and this, too, through the-long’JffiBd
of several thousand years, their features must have’ become sensibly modified, even in fHb
earliest times, by that blending-ef race which was inseparable from- their^posftibif;-1 and as
the Koldagi and other Negro tribes have; at different times, established thentóelves 'in
large bodies in Nubia, we need be at no loss, I conceive, in accounting for atoy traces 'éff
lineage in spjne Barabca-communities of the present days cc'
Dr. Prichard^cojasidfers “ the descent ef the modem Nubians, or Berabra, from), the
Nouba (a-Négro nation) of the hill country of Kordofan, to be as well establishedVs very
many facm which are regarded as certain by writers on ethnography.”
deference to that distinguished ethnographer, we may inquire, what became of .the pre-^
existing inhabitants when the tribes of Kordofan colonlzeff N ubia ? Were they iJesirdyed
or expelled? History makes no mention of either; and we are j u sti'fied''in«Wë“dpi mo n
that an amalgamation of races took place, whence some of those diversities of organization
observable in the modern Nubians. That this intermixturbof races has continued tö the
present time, the reader will find abundant evidence in other parts "of- this memoif; r#$t I
cannot here refrain from adding an observation from -©'ailliaud, who, remarking on 'the
shortness of life among the people *of Senaar from disease ahd dissipation, dec] ares that
the number of Negroes which pours into the 'country, and the fruitfulness of the women,
* Trav. in Nafeia, p. 353. • - • 1__ f Prichard, Researches &é. vol.“ft. p."174.
are the.Sre'sources which-<sfe#Ve?lo repair the vast and continual waste of population.* I
may'fbe’riM'®t^^^m&isprpva.fng’'to0 A sensible writer, and one who has ingeniously5
and! ii®ppfcti.w]^avestigated that Nubian question, remarks as follows:—“ The
A^a&iitrihesme'ar ®he&dy perhaps/justly boast of the« purity of their blood; but,
^■‘^^m^spehMhg1,'within the liidi-ts' metftioaedritbbsejjthe slave or Negro population is
•jdfflHEBuj of the whole, i&cL coutjffuaTly amalgamating with it. . While nature kindly
-^raHvouridte washj@m fher:stai^j^v©D3^ 6aravan 'frhm the. south or west pours in a new
supljjlfy'of'slave's,»'and-restoredIhe^blackening element.”f< J,<
dMPhis a u t h o r , h i s ^ ^ w e v t o - aSQritoe.tb climate the chief agdncy in the trans-
u5pmationi(iI 1,hfy %eafo. i;ftfwtlio • in1 to-bverlook the fact that while the Newoks't
fldty1 ohq.siil^ife^triigratory. Arabs invade i t bn. the other;
tbu*- 11i’r>n'I'^l iMig11 nl1 n? 1 tanst i / i ' L r ® 3the Mjlrairigbfithe two races. I fully acquiesce,
af-bbfo'rgl Muted] i'nt frl'toVarciffae0j V f r l o y rngcepinldh.uag applied to .a large proportion
fof ith'€^%p^^iNbbjfen^|'mffl^.mf>‘Uthh.t4l»p.|:rei5d^eendddf not from the possessors.,
®f{ElM'01piaHM'U^qI(^ri«h\nf;,ho^ pr&'dial and slave population of the
coUwfry’/ & Cr-eRSe'd' b^SJl®fii'St« ,-iSnfp1 to&titSn, iprfiMIi'ab eircu m stances be-
»Iw^Stlie^fth^diand^sixth^hntUTAes'cf^^ICbtti^ti'aniirajj^aSi
8. THE NEGROES.
I <^V*o have the most unt’<|u^raLpi§^|^®^liiftóM5 ^.and mqn^^Ktah^hat^slayq^; was
among,the;e^i-qs|)P^®^^bcj4] i r i ' - t i l u j j o n s c ] that it wasjipaposed on a lle g e
Mrfi|ra a umiis «.v-kite1 as well as.,b l a c k , m o r o n s .was this uq&irimate class of per-
sonL t . f ^ .j.twas. tMtfeaS#ofcthe E ua r>tjsi^vlfi{ ^ ^ e ^ * t^% lnLtDj.odoms, that the va^|
,sti;uptures of Luxor-and.:Ka,r'M^\^Vf;(^(yte(^AVh,V^t^m ,aliqif^f-iiy('i!jii('r|^.lié)ttfej;Df N^grg
-^ljavery, i-r^(^Kmu!kr;,>rthBiWiüi.1 uiLr^.^acd ^PliA];mjro^ *> iyJM l1 illustration^ ' “ Black
sneqp.le,”, sayg Sir G. -W,] jay V t.he.’’ /iroM ,luud of-Cush, .are
g^^pljyjrqprpsented^op thefrl e v , q f - b ^ a r p ^ s ^ p f tribute,to the
and the attendant-cMjijiistimocsh ^Bihiis jtU;uman .traffic appear,to,hpve l^eqQ
much tm^aPle^^mncK'ht as iri, modern tiint'S^, U .ajELumeripaf jpopt
.of.view, tq,ob^ye-that Arrian,,.Sw.linfflS(d^m'*thet,sq;QtMdaqenhjpyi,jgiy^ three thp,usand as
the number oXtNegf.oes?;ani^M4vql)rouohtAlov-nt1t'h ^ lA«S^]ii ifnSitime; while Madden^
writing,tin. our,own>daY‘, :aii(h^oiir.f'(iuentfe hixk'eji.filmTtrdSj yeafsylate/jjthaa»Arrian,: esti,-
Voyage a Meroe, Ii^p'?2/6l. ' K *' ^ L^X/, p. 311. *
fi|Idem., p. 307^ Thë a n ^ ^ Nubia, is .difAU^io11- H^eeren and others state
tHlf^iVBrat occurs in liM^fedHflng.ine^ e p o ^ s o y™ ^ p ^ lilg ^ ^R ?M s eM ^ n a s ^ n ow ^ T O y C T ^ ^M t rit is a t least
as old as the,age of Meneptha Voand.
^ ^ f l^ ^ tlreyhove note was, written, l ^ . ( ^ ^ r o i ^ p §'ob'liginglv.furnisTiedA1he^r o B ;M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g interesting memorandum:
“ The name Nubia, with its derivatives of Nouba ahd Noubatss, m a y a Nubian divinity
_iii the h ie ro g l^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g e n d s of Meneptha ÏJJsr^Kameses^ït'wd I I Ï .,g ^m l§ ^ ^ ^ ^ F $ e 'te n y e C jr o m roe root noub,
gold, frotn the'^ ro x itn i^ö f Nubia to The word 'Berber] Sa applied to the people of Nubia%
(now called Berabera i ^ ^ p plural^frfjm.B^^ ^^ ^MWsihgular,! is,without qrosQdn derived from the hieroglyphical name
Barobaro, by which at least one t r i b ^ was kéöwn to the Egyptians o f thè Ï8th dynasty.”
^ X S i f Gr. Wilüinsorf obèërvés.lihar'l^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Q < ^ C T e a 'I s l im a e l i t e s immp purchase o f Joseph from his brethren,
nóT 'on his subsequent sale to Potiphar on arriving in Egypt.” Ancient Egyptians, I., p. 404.