164 VOYAGE TO MABAGASCAK* 



" that they are whiter or at leaft paler in 

 ** colour, than all the negroes hitherto 

 " known ; that their arms are ib long that 

 "they can ftreteh their hands below their 

 ** knees without ftooping j and that the 

 *' Ijv^omen have fcarcely any breafts, except 

 ** when they fuckle ; and even then, we 

 *' are aflured, the greater part of them are ob- 

 ** liged to make ufe of cow*s milk in order 

 to nourifh their young. With regard 

 ** to intellectual faculties, thefe Kimos are 

 ** not inferior to the other inhabitants of 

 " Madagafcar, who are known to be very 

 *' lively and ingenious, though they aban- 

 ** don themfelves to the utmoft indolence ; 

 *' but we are told, that the Kimos, as they 

 *' are much more adive, are alfo much more 

 " warlike, fo that their cournge being, if we 

 ** may n(z the exprefBon, in the double 

 " ratio of their ftature, they have never 

 *' yet been overcome by their neighbours, 



*^ who 



