VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. l8l 



" fhe became extremely lufty ; and I am of 

 ** opinion, that when flie is in her natural 

 " ftate, her features will be well worth a 

 ** careful obferv^atlon. The chief who fold 

 " me this Kimos woman told me, that he 

 " had a Kimos man at home, and that he 

 '* would endeavour to fend him to me. 



*^ Had the enterprife I undertook a few 

 ** months ago fucceeded better, I Hiould cer- 

 ** tainly have embraced the opportunity of 

 ** fending to France a male and female of 

 " thefe pigmies ; but I hope to be more for- 



tunate in future. It is certainly nothing 

 ** wonderful to meet with dwarfs in a coun- 

 " try fo vaft and extenfive as the ifland of 

 ** Madagafcar, the furface of which contains 

 ** various climates, and abounds with a mul* 



titude of different produdionsj but a real 

 ** race of pigmies, living in fociety, is a 

 ** ph^enomenon that cannot well be pafled 

 ** over in fdence." 



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