I So VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



*' our judgment on this head ; and be cau- 

 ** tious in giving credit to pbaeoomena which 

 " appear to deviate fo much from general 

 " rules, and to extend to a certain number 

 " of individuals only. 



*' I procured a Kimos woman, who wa& 



taken in war, feme years ago, by a chief of 

 ** the province of Mandrarey* This woman 

 " is rather of a tall ftature, confidering the 

 " general mcafure allowed to the females of 

 ** her nation ; yet her height does not ex- 

 ** ceed three feet feven inches. She is be- 

 ** tween thirty and thirty^two years of age ; 

 ** her arms are very long , her hands have 

 ** a great refemblance to the paws of an 

 " ape ; and her bofom is as flat as that of 



the leaneft man, without the leafl ap- 

 " pearance of breafts* My little Kimos was 

 *' remarkably thin and meagre when flie 

 " arrived at Fort Dauphin ; but when fhe 

 *' was able to gratify her voracious appetite, 



" fhe 



