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gen ben %$6lfern abweidjetn D ie & ta h tm n c ti unb 9tai<
ten tn ben fnblidjen^ w ie in ben tibrblicben J&hetlen
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ten an bet (Soromanbel * $ f i g e . $ftahd)e bet £e|tereit
fjnb fo fle in , bag man fte bet)nahe p w e rg e nennen
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ten * ) , © o note burd; bte S e ttn tfd }n n g bet b a n n e r
1) O r we batte mddlftfdjr, njetw er fdgt?: 1. c, p. 464.
the notherri inhabitant is as tall as the generality
of our own nation. SBctin O r w e ton ii&rblt'dmi
^inbuS rebet, fo wu§ Wan tpii wit j b | £ m braud)en,
weil er bie ^atanen fur dpin&u^ bielt/ wofur fte weiner
Sftetnung nacp ntept geljalten Werbeti tornien.; L 24 p.
£>er pope StBucpS ber Otafren niept blog tm etgentltcpm
jjinbogan, (onbern ducp tn Deban ig fetgem ^tbeifel
unterworfett. $ P » ra rb fagt »on ben iftftireu dtt ber
SStfalabariftpett$fige* tap. Ussonttous — de taille
haute et aM g re; u n b ^ n p l o r »on ben Slftdnnern ttn
CEorpanlanb.tt few are under six feet high, and man
y above. 3lucp He r r i n I. 250. ils sont,plus grands
e t mieux faits, que nos peuples meridionaux. 3d)
erwaptie ber grogen (Hebirgbewopner swifdjeu 93engaien,
unb ber @irCar§ niept, weiltop nngewig bin, ob btefe jit
ben eigentltcpen jjdnbuS gepbren. As. Res. VII. 9 1 .149p.
2) Orme’s Fragment, p. 464. on the coast of Coromandel
we meet with many, whose stature would
appear dwarfish, if this idea was not taken oft by
the flimness and regularity of their figures. 3 » e3
fa g t, bag bie gam ulen griper fepen, ale bfe9)?ala&a*
ttn ; biefe abet garfer, alS jene, p. 2 3 .3 1 .
m ît ben feilen SBetbern u n ir T O b *
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m a ria d fe^v fd}&ne $ftdbd)en er$eugt w erben ) fo auch
0 5 b n e bon höherem $öud)fe* ^IBenn eê^tnabr i g ,
waô 9ÏÏ u n r 0 h b rte, bag mart unter bie © e a p o p ê tn
^Bengalen feinen unter fedjê J u g a u fn im m t, t a g bie
@renabiere ber © e a p o p ê gewbhnïid) fedyS 3 u g
biè fü n f goÛC h a lten , unb bag bie ©tuen unb b ie $tn#
beten nicht b lo g au« unb
«né armen îfta S b u ten , fonbern aud) au ê igtn b u ê ber
unteren € d g e n b e geh et^ )? fo m u g m an m p |l »orau ôs
feêenv b a g folc^e © e a p p h 0 '» b n anberen K a t e r n , aïô
bie gemeinen ^ in b u ê ftnb, ergengt roorben. I)te |o h c
© ta tu r ber ebleren ^ in b u ô bietet gar fein ÇOîertmahl
bar; auê t»eld)em man etnoaô fur ihre 5fb fiatttm u n g
fé lie g e n fbm tte. % ffein e © ta tu r hin^eg«« b e r ^ iu #
buê ber unteren (Sagen leitet au f bie QSermuthung hin ,
bag biefer ä h c t l ber 95et»ohner »on ^ in b o fta n » o u
feinem ber 5Ö6lfer , tr e iz e biefeöOletd) umgeben , ent#
fpr un gen feptt fbnne* ^
© in auège^tdhuetereê 5D îertm a h l, a lê bie © ta tu r
ber dôin bu ô, i g bie regelm d gige g o rm beê @ e g d )tê ,
fo » o l)l,b er u n teren , a lê ber oberen,(Sagen, nnb bann
bie aügerorbentltdje 0 d )6 n h e it ber G ilb u n g beö gans
ten ^ ô rp e r ê in bepbett @efchled)tern ber ^&t>cren Sa#
gen , befonberê aber tm v»etbltd)cn. D ie U m r tfg ber © es
ftdbtcr ber J^inbuô ftnb tn eigen ê o»al ; unb w enn fte aua)
ett»aê » o n biefer J o rm abweichen, fo werben ge bod)
nie weber fo gletd )fô rm ig, nod) fo l)dglich, a lê bie
© efidjter ber ^ a la p e u unb M o n g o le n , bie eben fo
breit , al$ lan g g n b *)> D ie ^ in b u ö haben g r o g e ,
1) Munro p. 72. , ;
2) Orme’s Fragm. 461 ff. The outline of tbe face is
v a r i o u s , oftener oval, tham of *any other form,