Dutch ar*;7onJ of keeping Uii^ kind of people ab alavei to 

 wait on ilirm, jmi bflcaiipe of their uglinesa. ThHr crmniry 

 is nenr lo Cerfim ^ SiUan), and Kering 5^ Kit- 

 leiig), and in manners tliey somewhat rpsemble the inhabkanfa 

 of those countriea. They are all called ^ black de- 

 mons. The prodtjclions of their country are a peculiar kind 

 of tobacco, dragon *B bloodj aandal-wood, sapan-wood, scn- 

 weed, and aago. 



Thie country lies near Papua, and the inhabiiants are 

 also called black demona. As it reffards their physiognomy, 

 they have deep sunken eyes, with the lower part of the face 

 projecting, and tlieir mouths co wide, that they almost 

 extend from ear to ear. Their skin is black, and their hair 

 woolly ; they eo about nearly naked, and nestle m the trees ; 

 they carry ihcir children on tlieir hips, and climb up and 

 down as if they were flying, beini^ a^ nimble as monkeys ; 

 they make no uaa of fire in dressing their food, and esit all 

 kinds of spiders, lizarda, snakes, and other repfiles. They 

 resemble the Papuans in manners, and their country produce* 

 sandal and sapan-wood, sharka'-fins, tortoise-shell, and birds 

 of paradise. 



KEmNO, ktt-leng) on ceram. 



The ^ ^ Kit-ian^ people are the nfiichbonre of the 

 Ceramites ; iliey are f'!so very blactc and dwarfish ; their 

 hair, however, does not curl, and is rather lank ; their man- 

 ners in some respects resemble those of the Papuans ; the pro- 

 ductions of iheir country afe snndal and s a pan -wood, sea- 

 weed, and ambergris. T once poBBessed a slave-girl from 

 thence, who was rather well-formed, but her extreme black- 

 ness was horrible r when the Europeans dine, tliey like to 

 have a traia of such slave-^irls arranged on each side, wait- 

 ing on them ; but when I see rhem, I order them away ; when 

 my wife playfully says, These curious creature?^ are only 

 come to amusft you ; why do you drive ihem away ? 



