The Natural History of the Varieties of Man

by R. G. Latham

Locality.—Five days from the coast; conterminous with the Wakamba.

TAVAITI(?).

Locality.—Westward of the Wataita.

Language.—Different from the Chaga and M'Kuafi. Probably akin to the Wanika.

M'SIGUA.

Locality.—Pungany River. Scattered among the Wanika.

M'SAMBARA.

Language.—As known from a vocabulary of Krapf's, closely akin to the Pocomo, Wakamba, Wanika, and M'Sigua.

This last sentence suggests the nature of our reasons for making the tribes just enumerated Kaffre. The dialects of five of them are known by specimens, collected by Krapf, and are very nearly Suaheli. The evidence of the Kaffre origin of the Tavaiti and Wataita is less conclusive.

The M'Kuafi.—Are the M'Kuafi Kaffre? This question will be noticed in p. [501].