22 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



The inhabitants are tawny, from the heat 

 of the fun ; mod of them have long but nar- 

 row heads, great ears and eyes, black eye- 

 brows and hair. They are lively, and have 

 an eafy carriage. 



A great mixture of other European na- 

 tions is to be met with here ; and befides 

 thefe, they have negroes who ferve in the 



kitchens. 



Their language is very expreffive, for they 

 accompany their words with motions of the 

 head, ihoulders, and arms 1 . The officers, as 

 well as common foldiers, are reckoned very 

 civil to foreigners : but the feamen are con- 

 tinually curling and fwearing ; and when they 

 meet each other in their boats, it is their com- 

 mon falutation. 



The drefs of the men is very commodious, 

 for if they do not drefs fumptuoufiy, tli< ■/ 

 cover their heads with a linen cap, and above 

 that:- hey put a flapped hat, round which they 

 fallen a ribband with a little buckle, and tic 



' Thefe geftures rether imply the contrary. 



if 



i 



