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[[word continued from previous page --- settle]]ment of Mozambique are those to whom the title of Makua properly belongs. The same dialect, however, with slight variations, is spoken [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] over a considerable [[strikethrough]] distance [[/strikethrough]] space, as one of the natives, [[strikethrough]]from[[/strikethrough]] of the tribe of Olo'mŭi had been forty-five days on his way to Mozambique.
The Mozambiques differ little in their character [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] or [[strikethrough]] person [[/strikethrough]] bodily conformation from the Congo tribes on the opposite coast. They have the negro physiognomy & [[strikethrough]] tribal disposi [[/strikethrough]] qualities in their full extent & perhaps are, if anything, rather lower in the grade of intellect than their brethren of the west.
The custom of [[underline]]marking[[/underline]] prevails among ^[[all]] the [[strikethrough]] natives [[/strikethrough]] tribes of the Eastern Coast. The Mozambiquean people [[proper?]] are distinguished by a [[strikethrough]] mark [[/strikethrough]] scar like a horseshoe in the centre of the forehead, with others, somewhat different on each side. ^[[They have]] other marks, of a similar nature, on the chin, & a [[strikethrough]]lar[[/strikethrough]] large brand, in the shape of the [[strikethrough]]lettle [[/strikethrough]] letter S covers the breast. Their teeth are filed sharp, each tooth making a separate point.
[[image - Sketch of person's head and torso. There is a large letter S over the breastbone. Also, a series of markings on the chin, an upside-down horseshoe at the center of the forehead, just above the brow, and a mark like a horseshoe open out with four parallel lines inside. The mouth is filled with teeth filed to a point. Beside this sketch are larger sketches of the chin and forehead marks, the chest mark, and the mouth showing the filed teeth.]]

There are few peculiarities in the pronunciation of the Makau which is generally soft. In ni[[nasal "t"]]u, eye, [[stikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] & some other words, the [[nasal "t"]] is pronounced with a force which gives it something of an aspiration - perhaps like the Arabic ط.

Vocabulary.
2. Tɑkwɑn[[dot above "ɑ"]] or Quilimɑne
The great river Zambeze or Quilimane, at whose mouth the port of the latter name is situated, was formerly the [[strikethrough]][[land?]][[/strikethrough]] line of division between the northern or barbarous Makua, & the territories of the Monomotapa. Although this empire is extinct, the countries south of [[strikethrough]] this [[/strikethrough]] the river still preserve some political connection. All this region was formerly termed [[Mocacangua ?]], by