VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 169 



•* voyage which I made to Fort Dauphin, 

 " about the end of the year 1770^ the 

 •* Count de Modave, the lafl governor, who 

 "had already communicated to me part of 

 *' his obfervationSj at length afforded rae 

 *' the fatisfa^lion of feeing among his fiavcs 

 a Kim OS woman, aged about thirty, and 

 three feet feven inches in height* Her 

 ** complexion was Indeed the fairefl I had 

 ** feea among the inhabitants of the ifland ; 

 ** and I remarked that fhe was well limbed 

 *' though fo low of ftature, and far from 

 *' being ill-proportioned ; that her arms 

 " were exceedingly long, and could reach 

 " without bending the body as far as the 

 " knee ; tbat her hair was fhort and woolly ; 

 ** that her features, which were agreeable, 

 *' approached nearer to thofe of an European 

 than to an inhabitant of Madagafcarj 

 **,and that Ihe had naturally a pleafant 

 " look, and was good humoured, fenfible, 



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