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the kingdom of Golconda, the penlnfula on this 

 fide the Ganges, the kingdoms of AlTan, Aracan, 

 Pegu, and Malabar, where their colour is gray ; 

 and from the Gulf of Bengal, where they are 

 of an olive colour : There are fome white eu- 

 nuchs from Georgia and CircafTia ; but their 

 number is fmall. Tavernier fays, that, when he 

 was in the kingdom of Golconda, in the year 

 1657, 22COO males were caftrated. The black 

 eunuchs come from Africa, and efpeclally from 

 ^Ethiopia. In proportion to the ugglinefs and 

 horror of their appearance, they are the more 

 efteemed, and bring a liigher price. A very fiat 

 nofe, a frightful afpect, large thick lips, and, 

 above all, black teeth placed at a great diftance 

 from each other, are admired qualities in a eu- 

 nuch. Thefe people have commonly fine white 

 teeth : But fugh teeth would be a capital defe(ft 

 in a eunuch, who ought to be a hideous mon- 

 fter. 



Eunuchs, who are only deprived of their tefti- 

 cles, have a lively fenfe of titulation in what re- 

 mains : They have even the external fign more 

 frequently than other men. The part which re- 

 mains, however, is generally finall ; for it con- 

 tinues nearly in the fame ftate in which it was 

 before the operation. A eunuch callrated at 

 fevcn years of age, when arrived at 20, is no 

 better, with regard to this matter, than a child 

 of feven. Thole, on the other hand, who have 

 not undergone the operation till the age of pu- 

 berty, 



