The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

THE nn,L DA^L\EAS AXD NAMAQUAS. 73in some places tiey are confounded, they live by cultivatincthe land, whicli givesthem but poor returns fortheir labour. Some of theirtribes are grouped round themissions ; but the majority22. Waxvisch Bat.Scale 1 : 500,003.are enslaved to the stockbreeders,squatting roundabout the grazing grounds.They are variously estimatedat from thirty thousand toforty thousand souls ;buton this point differences ofopinion necessarily prevail,owing to the fact that manytribes of doubtful origin areregarded as belonging tootherraces. The Hill Damarashave the musical facultydeveloped to an extraordinarydegree.They sing inconcert svith well attunedvoice and in perfect harmony.The Xamaquas (Xama-Kwa), that is, " NamaPeople," occupy nearly allthe southern section of theGerman Protectorate southof the Tsoakhub and Kuisiprivers. One of their divisions,known as the " LittleIfamaquas," is even stationedto the south of theLower Orange, and the territoryinhabited by them hasbecome an integral part ofCape Colony.But all alikeare thinly scattered over avast waterless region, andtowards the middle of thepresent century numbered160 Feet andupwards.scarcely more than fifty ^^^__^^^^____^^ 12 Mile?.thousand altogether, a feebleremnant of the' manj- hundred thousand Xamas who are said to have formerlylived in South Africa. According to Palgrave, they are now reduced to about