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Circumstances which distinguish 
CHAPTER X. 
Circumstances which distinguish the Cinglesefrom the Candians. 
The Cinglese, who inhabit the low lands and parts contiguous 
to the coasts, live entirely under the dominion of whatever 
European nation has been able to acquire possession of that 
part of the island. The nature of the country they inhabit 
indeed leaves them hardly any alternative but unconditional sub- 
mission, unless they could either meet the Europeans in open 
battle, or consent to quit their plentiful fields for the barren 
mountains of the interior. 
The subjection under which they have for a considerable time 
lived, while it has effaced the manly features of barbarous in- 
dependence, has at the same time tended to humanize and soften 
their dispositions. The Cinglese are a quiet, inoffensive people; 
exceedingly grave, temperate, and frugal. Their bodies partake 
of the indolence of their minds, and it is with reluctance that 
they are roused to any active exertion. When, however, they 
are obliged to apply themselves to any work, such as agricul- 
ture, they are capable of undergoing a great deal of labour. 
They are not indeed so strong as the Moor or Malabar race, 
and never make good palankeen bearers, or coolies to carry 
burthens. 
The milder virtues form the most prominent features of the 
Cinglese character. They are gentle, charitable, and friendly, 
and have scarcely any of the false, treacherous, and designing 
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