The Descent of Man

sure in cruelty to animals (35. See, for instance,
Mr. Hamilton's account of the Kaffirs, 'Anthropological
Review,' 1870, p. xv.), and humanity
is an unknown virtue. Nevertheless, besides the
family affections, kindness is common, especially
during sickness, between the members of
the same tribe, and is sometimes extended beyond
these limits. Mungo Park's touching account
of the kindness of the negro women of
the interior to him is well known. Many instances
could be given of the noble fidelity of savages
towards each other, but not to strangers;
common experience justifies the maxim of the
Spaniard, "Never, never trust an Indian." There
cannot be fidelity without truth; and this fundamental
virtue is not rare between the members
of the same tribe: thus Mungo Park heard
the negro women teaching their young children
to love the truth. This, again, is one of the virtues
which becomes so deeply rooted in the
mind, that it is sometimes practised by savages,
even at a high cost, towards strangers; but to lie