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coafequentiy not at ail an enterprifing people^ 
Their phlegmatic coolnefs, and their ferious 
looks, give them an air of referve, which 
they never lay aiide^ even at the moft joyful 
moments ; while, on the contrary, all other 
black or tawny nations give themfelves up 
to pleafure with the livelieft joy, and without 
any reftrahit. 
A profound indifference to the affairs of 
life Inclines them very much to inaftivity 
and indolence : the keeping of tbeir flocks, 
and the care of procux^ing a fubfiftence, are 
the only objefts that occupy their thoughts. 
They never follow hunting as fportfmen, but 
like people oppreffed and tormented by hun- 
ger. In ihort, forgetting the paft, and being 
under no uneafuiefs for the future, they are 
ftruck only with the prefent ; and it is that 
which alone engages their attention. 
They are however the befi:, the kindeftj 
and the moft hofpitable of people. Whoever 
travels among them may be afTured of faid- 
ing food and lodging; and though they will 
receive prefents, yet they never afk for any 
thing. If the traveller has a long journey to 
accomplifh, and if they learn from the infor^^ 
mation he requires that there are no hopes of 
his 
