r. The tribal organization of the
Hottentots has been broken up, and probably no _pure bred_
representatives of the race survive in the colony.

Half-breeds of mixed Hottentot, Dutch and Kaffir blood now form the bulk
of the native population west of the Great Fish river. Of Kaffir tribes
the most important living north of the Orange river are the Bechuanas,
whilst in the eastern province and Kaffraria live the Fingoes, Tembus
and Pondos. The Amaxosa are the principal Kaffir tribe in Cape Colony
proper. The Griquas (or Bastaards) are descendants of Dutch-Hottentot
half-castes. They give their name to two tracts of country. During the
slavery period many thousands of negroes were imported, chiefly from
the Guinea coast. The negroes have been largely assimilated by the
Kaffir tribes. (For particulars of the native races see their separate
articles.) Of the white races in the Colony the French element has been
completely absorbed in the Dutch. They and the German settlers are
mainly pastoral people. The Dutch, who have retained in a debased form
their own language, also engage largely in agriculture and viticulture.
Of fine physique and hardy constitution, they are of strongly
independent character; patriarchal in their family life; shrewd, _slim_
and courageous; in religion Protestants of a somewhat austere type.
Education is somewhat neglected by them, and the percentage of
illiteracy among adults is high. They are firm believers in the
inferiority of the black races and regard servitude as their natural
lot. The British settlers have developed few characteristics differing
from the home type. The British element of the community is largely
resident in the towns, and is generally engaged in trade or in
professional pursuits; but in the eastern provinces the bulk of the
farmers are English or German; the German farmers being found in the
district between King William's Town and East London, and on the Cape
Peninsula. Numbers of them retain their own language. The term
"Africander" is sometimes applied to all white residents in Cape Colony
and throughout British South Africa, but is often restricted to the
Dutch-speaking colonists. "Boer," i.e. farmer, as a synonym for "Dutch,"
is not in general use in Cape Colony.

Besides the black and white races there is a large colony of Malays in
Cape Town and district, originally introduced by the Dutch as slaves.
These people are largely leavened with foreign elements and, profess