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they desire that species of food ; for, notwithstanding the law and the 

 prejudices of the inhabitants, the former continue to keep swine. 



SOOLOO RIDING. 



The inhabitants of Sooloo are a tall, thin, and effeminate-looking 

 race : I do not recollect to have seen one corpulent person among 

 them. Their faces are peculiar for length, particularly in the lower 

 jaw and chin, with high cheek-bones, sunken, lack-lustre eyes, and 

 narrow foreheads. Their heads are thinly covered with hair, which 

 appears to be kept closely cropped. I was told that they pluck out 

 their beards, and dye their teeth black with antimony. 



Their eyebrows appear to be shaven, forming a very regular and 

 high arch, which they esteem a great beauty. 



The dress of the common people is very like that of the Chinese, 

 with loose and full sleeves, without buttons. The materials of which 

 it is made are grass-cloth, silks, satins, or white cotton, from China. 

 I should judge, from the appearance of their persons, that they ought 

 to be termed, so far as ablutions go, a cleanly people. There is no 

 outward respect or obeisance shown by the slave to his master, nor 

 is the presence of the Datu, or even of the Sultan himself, held in 

 any awe. All appear upon an equality, and there does not seem to 

 be any controlling power; yet it may be at once perceived that they 

 are suspicious and jealous of strangers. 



The Sooloos, although they are ready to do any thing for the sake 

 of plunder, even to the taking of life, yet are not disposed to hoard 

 their ill-gotten wealth, and, with all their faults, cannot be termed 

 avaricious. 



