174 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



to difcover the country of tliefe pigmies. 

 ** The detail of this expedition isconfigned 



to my journal ; hui^ either on account of 

 ** the infidelity of the guides, or their want 

 ** of courage, it was not attended with 

 " fuccefs- 1 had, however, the pleafure to 



alcertain the exiftence of a nation of 

 " dwarfs, who inhabit a certain diftn6t of 

 " the if] and. 



** Thefe people are called ^dmos or 

 ** Ki'mcs* The ordinary height of the men 

 " is three feet five inches, and that of the 

 ** women a few inches lefs* The men 

 " wear their beards long, and cut in a round 

 ** form* The Kimos are thick and fquat j 



the colour of their {km is lighter than 

 ** that of the other iflanders ; and their hair 

 " is fhort and woolly. They manufadure 

 *' iron and fteel, of which they make lances 

 ** and afiagays. Thefe are the only arms 

 '* which they employ to defend themfelws 

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