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Extent of the territory of Sofala.—Arrival of the ancestors of the Bakalahari and the Balala of our day.—Mode of settlement of these people.—Origin of the Masarwa.—Arrival of the Leghoyas.—Conduct of the Leghoyas towards the earlier immigrants.—Arrival of the Batlapin and Barolong.—Relentless warfare with the Bushmen.—Changes in the climate.—Arrival of the Bakwena.—Wars between the different tribes.—Arrival of the Bavenda.—Subsequent career of the Bavenda.—Arrival of the Bakwebo.—Migration of the Bataung to the Vet river.—Settlement of many Bakwena clans along the upper Caledon.—Breaking up of the Karanga tribe.—Arrival of the Barotsi.—Arrival of the Batonga.—Arrival of the ancestors of the coast tribes below Natal.—Arrival of the Amazimba and Abambo hordes.—Settlement of the Abambo in Natal.—Particulars concerning the Amazizi.—Breaking up of the Abambo horde into numerous tribes.—Information obtained from the Poriniguese.—Account of the Umtetwa.—Destruction of the farthest advanced Hottentot tribes by the Bantu.—Extermination of the Bushmen in the territory occupied by the Bantu.—Account of the Berg Damaras.—Arrival of the Ovaherero in Damaraland.—Conflict between the Ovaherero and the Hottentots.—Subdivisions of the Ovaherero.—Account of the Avare or Ovambo group.—Treatment of the Bushmen by these people.—Origin of the title Bantu.—Effect of the hlonipa custom.—Differences between the tribes.—Their classification in three groups.—Note on Sir Harry Johnston's account of the devastations in the sixteenth century.

Information obtained from the Portuguese.—Cause of the differences between the tribes.—Effect of atavism.—Characteristics of the Bantu in general.—Personal appearance.—Disposition of the men.—Robust constitution of the people.—Prolific nature of the people.—Rates of increase according to census returns.—