ItwaspracticedbytheBakwainsatatimewhentheyhadnointercourse,directorindirect,withthesouthernmissionariesTheyalladoptreadilytheuseofvaccineviruswhenitisbroughtwithintheirreach。
Acertainloathsomedisease,whichdecimatestheNorthAmericanIndians,andthreatensextirpationtotheSouthSeaIslanders,diesoutintheinteriorofAfricawithouttheaidofmedicine;
andtheBangwaketse,whobroughtitfromthewestcoast,lostitwhentheycameintotheirownlandsouthwestofKolobeng。
ItseemsincapableofpermanenceinanyforminpersonsofpureAfricanbloodanywhereinthecentreofthecountryInpersonsofmixedblooditisotherwise;andthevirulenceofthesecondarysymptomsseemedtobe,inallthecasesthatcameundermycare,inexactproportiontothegreaterorlessamountofEuropeanbloodinthepatient。
AmongtheCorannasandGriquasofmixedbreeditproducesthesameravagesasinEurope;amonghalf-bloodPortugueseitisequallyfrightfulinitsinroadsonthesystem;butinthepureNegroofthecentralpartsitisquiteincapableofpermanenceAmongtheBarotseIfoundadiseasecalledmanassah,whichcloselyresemblesthatofthe`foedamulier’ofhistory。