The races of man : an outline of anthropology and ethnography / by J. Deniker.

  • Deniker, Joseph, 1852-1918.
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[1900]
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    Hottentots, and towards the south they are no longer met with in compact groups within sixty miles from the coast. To the east, their habitat is limited at about 230 longitude E. of Greenwich. And further, we must gather within these limits the territory between the Herrero country and 180 S. lat. of the Hill Damaras or Haw-Koin, who, although speaking a Hottentot dialect, possess a quite special physical type; they are notably much darker than the Hottentots, and recall rather the Negroes of Guinea. They are miserable savages who live by hunting and plunder. In addition to the Hill Damaras there are to be noted in the group of which we are treating: 1st, the Naman, called Hottentots by Europeans (modification of the Dutch word “ hiittentiit,” meaning of little sense, stupid), inhabiting the west of the territory we have just defined (Fig. 24); 2nd, the San (“Sab” in the masculine singular), called “Bosjesmen” or “ Bushmen ” by Europeans, in the east of this territory (Fig. 143). It should be remarked, however, that the word Bosjesman(in Dutch, “ man of the bush ”) is often applied to Hot¬ tentot populations, or to Hottentot-Bushmen like, for instance, the mixed breeds of Namaqualand who speak a Hottentot dialect. In certain works the name Koi-Koin is applied to the whole group before us. This is incorrect, for the Koi-Koin, or better, the Hau-Khoin, are no other than a Hottentot tribe, just as are the Nama, Gorana, and others (about 20,000). There are numerous likenesses between the San and the Naman, who are both representatives of the Bushman race1 (see pp. 287 and 455), but there are also numerous differences. The Hottentot language is of the same stock 1 The Bushmen represent the race almost in its purity, while the Hottentots show the traits of this race somewhat modified. The stature of the latter is higher, the head more dolichocephalic, the complexion darker, and the hands are not so small as is the case with Bushmen. Their features are more negroid, and it has been suggested that contact with the neighbouring Bantu tribes has had something to do with this. (See Deniker, “ Les Hottentots,” Rev. cFAnthrop., 1889, p. 1.) The skin of the Hottentots, however, is still of a hue of yellow, and their steatopygy is almost as pronounced as with the Bushmen,