7y:)e Cynoctphali of the Jncients. 4.1 



' /. e. In thefe Mountains (faith Ctefias) live certain Men, who have 

 ' Heads like Dogs, are cloathed with Skins of wild Beafts, fpeak no 



* Language, but bark like Dogs , and thereby underftand one another. 

 ' They have Teeth larger than Dogs ; and Nails like Dogs , but longer 



* and rounder. They dwell up in the Mountains , as far as the River 

 ' Indus -^ they are black and very jufl:,as are the other 7»^/<?»i- with whom 

 ' they are mixt ; and they underftand what is faid to them, tho' they 



* cannot fpeak themfelves. But by their Barkings and their Hands and 

 ' Fingers, they fignifie their Minds, as Deaf and Dumb Men do. They 

 ' are called by the Indians, Calyfirij, which in Greeli is Cynocephali. The 

 ' whole Nation is an hundred and twenty Thoufand in number. 



' Thefe Cynocephali that inhabit the Mountains, do not work, but live 

 ' upon Hunting ^ and when they kill any wild Bead, they roft it in the 

 ' Sun. They breed a great many Sheep, Goats and AfTes ^ and drink the 

 ' Milk and Butter-milk of the Sheep. They eat likewife the Fruit of the 

 ' Sipachora. Tree, from whence comes Ambar, the Fruit whereof is fweet, 

 ' which having dried, they put up in Baskets, astheGree4f do Raijtns. 

 ' Thefe Cynocephali having made a Boat, they load it with this Fruit, and 

 ' with Purpura, the Flower being fir ft picked, and with Afnbar, to the 



* quantity of Two hundred and fixty Talents, which they every Year 



* (hip off, and as much too of the Drug , with which the Dyers dye 

 ' the Scarlet ; and they carry every Year a Thoufand Talents of Ambar 

 ' to the King oi India ^ and they take with them other Commodities, 

 ' which they fell to the Indians ; for which they receive Bread , and 

 ' Meal,and Cotton Garments. And the Indians fell them likewife Swords, 

 ' which they ufe in taking the wild Beafts 5 and Bows and Darts,for they 



* are very skilful Archers and Darters. They are invincible, becaufe 



* they inhabit very high, and inacceffible Mountains. Every fifth year, 

 " the King beftows upon them Three hundred thoufand Bows, and as 

 ' many Darts : Alfoan Hundred and twenty thoufand Shields, and Fifty 

 ' thoufand. Swords. They have no Houfes, but live in Caves. In hunt- 

 ' ing the wild Beafts, they ufe their Bows and Darts, and purfuing 

 ' them, they take them ; for they run very fwift. The Women bathe 

 ' only once a Month, when they have their Catamema, other wife not, 

 ' The Men don't bathe, but only wafti their hands ^ but they anoint 



* themfelves three times in a Month with Oyl made of Milk, and rub 

 ' themfelves with Hides. The Cloaths both of the Men and VVomen are 

 ' not hairy, but Skins macerated fmooth, and made very thin. The 

 ' richeft of them wear Linnen, but thofe are but few. They have no 

 ' Beds, but lye upon Straw or Leaves. He is efteemed the richeft a-- 

 ' mongft them, who hath moft Sheep, or fuch like Subftance. They have 



* all, both Men and Women, Tails on their Rumps, like Dogs, but lar- 

 ' ger and more hairy ; and,like Dogs too , they !ye with their Woraea- 



* on all four, and they think itunbecoming to dootherwife. They are 



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