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desert which interposes between it & the country of the Hottentots, & [[strikethrough]] extending [[/strikethrough]] reaching to an indefinite distance in the interior, is however under the name of Benguelɑ, or as the natives pronounce it Beng[[strikethrough]]u[[/strikethrough]]ērɑ. [[strikethrough]]The[[/strikethrough]]  The same general language [[/strikethrough]] Over this extent of country, comprising at least half of Lower Guinea, the same general language is supposed to prevail, though subdivided into several dialects. That of which I have obtained a vocabulary is spoken at the important city of Viyē or Bihe', situated about [[strikethrough]] six hundred [[/strikethrough]] two hundred leagues in the interior - in fact the farthest inland of any town ^[[with]] which we are acquainted. It differs strikingly from the ^[[other]] dialects of [[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]] the Western coast, & has many points of resemblance with the languages of Mu[[s?]]ambique.
As slaves, the Benguela blacks [[bear?]] a much higher character than the other natives of Lower Guinea; in fact, they are next in estimation to the Minas, being steady, industrious, & intelligent; they make excellent husbandmen. They are generally of good height, with features having [[less?]] of the negro stamp than those of Congo, - the forehead tolerably high, the nose not much depressed & the lips moderately full.

Vocabulary

[[strikethrough]]III B [[/strikethrough]] C Eastern Coast.
From the Equator to the Hottentots of the Cape, the Eastern coast of Africa is occupied by two nations or [[strikethrough]] tribes [[/strikethrough]] ^[[races of people]], who though bearing marks of a common origin, [[strikethrough]] have got many [[/strikethrough]] are yet perfectly distinct, each being subdivided into ^[[several]] minor tribes or [[strikethrough]]provinces[[/strikethrough]] ^[[classes]]. The first of these we may call the Mosambique ^[[or Makūa]] & the second the Caffre race.

I. Mosɑmbique or Mɑkūɑ.
The Makūa are the people who possess all the territory inland of the Portuguese ^[[& Arab]] settlements at Melinde, Quiloa, Mosambique, Quilimane, & Sofala. [[strikethrough]]It was remarkably]] They [[strikethrough]]count[[/strikethrough]] occupy the country formerly comprised in the empire of Monomotapa, & now divided between the Portuguese, & several native princes. The southern boundary of this people appears to be the river Inhambana, which empties into the Indian Ocean near cape Corrintes, under the [[tropic?]]. Of the different dialects spoken within this region, I obtained vocabularies of five.

1.  The Makua proper.
The negroes who inhabit the country near the Portuguese settle-