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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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A more careful view, however,
would at once detect the lofty and intellec-
tual forehead, the prominence of the nose,
and the high cheek-bones, together with a
nameless but decided cast of countenance,
which marks them out from all other groups
of the dark-skinned natives of Africa. The
high cheek-bones form a very prominent
feature in the countenances of the Hotten-
tots and Bosjesmans, but the Kaffir cannot
for a moment be mistaken for either one
or the other, any more than a lion could be
mistaken for a puma.
The expression of the Kaffir face, espe-
cially when young, is rather pleasing; and,
as a general rule, is notable when in repose
for a slight plaintiveness, this expression
being marked most strongly in the young,
of both sexes. The dark eyes are lively and
full of intellect, and a kind of cheerful good
humor pervades the features. As a people,


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OLD COUNCILLOR AND WIVES. (See page 16.)

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