A F R I C A. 
•In the fame climate, and among people differ- 
ing fo little from each other, we fhould find 
here women fo chafte, and there others fo much 
the reverfe ! 
No where did I meet with a nation fo truly 
generous, 1 had abfolutely nothing to give 
in exchange ; yet during the two days I fpent 
with them, I had bowls of milk brought me 
as prefents, night and morning, from every hut. 
The chief even obliged me to accept a lamb ; 
and, though my people had ftill fome of the 
ox that had been killed the day before, he 
would give them alfo feveral flieep to regale 
themfelves with. 
I h-^ve obferved above, that femi-caftration 
is praftifed exchrfively among the Gheyffiquas; 
and it prevails in all their hordes without ex- 
ception, as I was alTured by thofe in whom I 
convinced myfelf of the fad by my own eyes, 
which I did without difficulty ; for no fooner 
was the fubjeft of my curiofity known, than 
every one complaifantly ofFtred to fatisfy me, 
fo that if I had pleafed I might have infpefted 
the whole horde. 
Many travellers have written upon the fubjed 
of this whimfical operation ; but they do not 
4 agree 
