ill. NATURAL HISTORY. 



relish on mice 1 , on 'rats, on serpents, and on fish, how- 

 ever it may stink. Their women are tolerably fair, 

 and their ears are as long as those of the men. 

 The people of Achan, who are situated farther to the 

 north than those of Aracan, have also a flat visage, 

 and an olive-coloured skin. They allow their boys 

 to go quite naked, and their girls with only a slight 

 plate of silver over those parts which nature dictates 

 to conceal. 



Northward of the Phillippine Islands is situated 

 the island Formosa, of which the natives, though at 

 no great distance from the coast of Fokian in China, 

 bear not the least resemblance to the Chinese. Ac- 

 cording to Struys, the Formosans are of a small sta- 

 ture, particularly those who inhabit the mountains, 

 and their visage is broad. The women have large 

 and full breasts, and a beard like the men. Their ears 

 are naturally long, and they render them still more so 

 by certain thick shells, which they wear as pendants. 

 Their hair is very black, and very long, and their com- 

 plexion is yellowish. These Islanders, though averse 

 to labour, are yet admirably skilled in the use of the 

 javelin and bow. They are also excellent swimmers ; 

 and when they run, their swiftness is incredible. 



The Moguls, and the other inhabitants of the penin- 

 sula of India, are not unlike the Europeans in shape 

 and in features ; but they differ more or less from 

 them in colour. The Moguls are of an olive complex- 

 ion ; and yet, in the Indian language, the word Mogul 

 signifies White. The women areextremely delicate, and 

 they bathe very often. They are of an olive colour, 

 as well as the meii ; and, contrary to what is seen a- 

 mong the women of Europe, their legs and thighs are 

 long, and their body is short. Tavernier says, that, 



