wiirrii fiiiLDiiEN. 



437 



I w^s miwsli s^lrp.rke4 a few days since, while 

 pasi^iiio" a hdiisp in the vicinity o\' tlio villa^'o, to 

 .soe iipparently a European lad, of about six 

 years of tige ; aii4 ^ esiainining him doser, 

 tbund Ilk skin of a tviiite aAtm^ iMiaif 

 ov^ isath small liglit-brown patches . On passing 

 rlio pamc house ao-ain, I made inquiry on the 

 subject J and then had an opportunity of seeing 

 two Others, wio wwre fms^f^-^^lb^ 



jtiaf able to run about. They were described to 

 us as ('bildi'cn of native Malay parents, of the 

 usual colour of their race ; but we did not see 

 them, as tJiey had gone a short distance into the 

 country. The <ihildr^ wej* learned €kii, 

 and Crhrrfc. They liad a pinmp appaamnce; 

 flaxen hair, liglit-lilue eyes ; and the boy and 

 yuung ^^onlan were slightly covered with scat- 

 tered small brown patches ; but the infant had 

 mi a Iblemiih m its mtagiaiiieiit;. T&e zi^m 

 cottld ^0 leaito ^ to mi^^ } they 



looked u])on it as curious, but did not seem, as 

 far as 1 could ascertain, to regard it as a di?iease. 

 They liave the flat nose of the Malay, but other- 

 wise would be considered As je^ffspring of Euro- 



frcclded. It ought ecrtaiiily to be regarded a$ 



