240 Circumstances which distinguish 
In their manners tlie Mahondrews are extremely affable, and 
much more polite and engaging than the natives of the Conti- 
. nent of India. They are very partial to Europeans, and treat 
them both with candour and confidence ; nor do they look upon 
them with that suspicious eye, nor behave with tliat fawning 
and hypocritical servility which is so observable in the conduct 
of the Dubashes, and other Moors and Malabars towards Eu- 
ropeans. For these reasons the Dutch found it their interest 
to use them well on all occasions, and to grant them large in- 
dulgences and privileges. Our government continues the same 
policy ; and, by treating them with confidence and gentleness, 
has secured their sincere esteem and attachment. 
The Mahondrews discover on all occasions a great desire to 
copy the manners of the Europeans, and in their address and 
conversation this predilection is particularly discernible. Most 
of them speak the Dutch and Portuguese languages fluently, 
and many of them already begin to converse in English with 
considerable facility. 
They dress very richly, and by no means inelegantly accord- 
ing to the fashions of that country. Their dress is peculiar to 
themselves, and seems to combine the ancient European with 
the Asiatic. It consists of a long wide coat of fine cloth and 
a dark blue or crimson colour, with the buttons reaching down 
all the way to the bottom, and the cuffs wide like those of a 
former century. The button-holes are embroidered with gold 
or silver, and the buttons the same or covered with lace. The 
vests are of white flowered calico, single-breasted, and with 
pockets after our old fashion. They button at the collar like 
a shirt, and, as we have already observed in the description 
of the dress worn by the better orders of the Cinglese, they 
