Note 112 — 8. THE NEGROES.
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Notwithstanding this mixture of nations, Mr. Hoskins observes, that the higher classes of modern Ethiopians (Nubians,) pay great respect to the distinctions of race; that they esteem nothing more than a light complexion, which the petty kings or chiefs make a prerequisite to the selection of wives; and that, with this class, “all mixture with the Negro blood is carefully shunned.”—Travels in Ethiopia, p. 357.