No people in the world are so proud and headstrong as the negroes, whether they be pastoral or agriculturalists.

With them, as with the rest of the world, "familiarity breeds contempt"; hospitality lives only one day; for though proud of a rich or white visitor--and they implore him to stop, that they may keep feeding their eyes on his curiosities--they seldom give more than a cow or a goat, though professing to supply a whole camp with provisions.
Taking the negroes as a whole, one does not find very marked or much difference in them.

Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.

For instance, one cuts his teeth or tattoos his face in a different manner from the others; but by the constant intermarriage with slaves, much of this effect is lost, and it is further lost sight of owing to the prevalence of migrations caused by wars and the division of governments.
As with the tribal marks so with their weapons; those most commonly in use are the spear, assage, shield, bow and arrow.

It is true some affect one, some the other; but in no way do we see that the courage of tribes can be determined by the use of any particular weapon: for the bravest use the arrow, which is the more dreaded; while the weakest confine themselves to the spear.