®te unb U ntttdnuïtdjfêit ber JJtnbuê
(pran gen ju (el)r in bie S lu g e n , aid bag man nid)t bte
Urfachen berfelben ju erforfd)en l)dtte fud)en feilen.
SUUe SRetfenbe g la u b te n , bag man bte & raftloffg£eit
ber $ in b u d tljeild aud ihrer uegctabtlifdien £ t a t ,
th eild end ber J g ife unb JÇcud^tigCett tl)red dHima ab*
leiten muffe * ) . £)er erffe b ie fe rte p b e n @ ru n b e tg
leicht ju «Überlegen. 5Benn hie © d jw d c h e b e e $ ln *
bud b o rjü g lid j bon bem © en u g e negetabiliffher ©pet«
fett h ^ ïû h rte ; fo m ü gten bie ^>artaö bie ff drCffeu,
unb bie 33rahminen bte fdjwdd)ffen three Q3oîÊeê f i p
w e it jene fehr hduffg bad ^lelfd^ bon allerlei) m Ê é
r e u , biefe aber gar fein J le tfd ) effen. 9 iu n iff aber
h efa n n t, bag bie ^ a r ia d bte Heilt ff en uttb fd)rodd)ffen,
bte ^3ral;mtnen htngegen bte grôffett, fd)önffen unb
ffd rtffen unter ben Jginbud ffnb 2) . £>er jwepte
© r u n b iff niet fd)etnbarer, aid ber erffe: am met ff nt
burd) bte u n ldu gbar nad)tl;eiltgen 2 ö ir fitn g e n , wetdje
higher cheekbones. So wide a difference indeed is
^evident between these individuals of -the human
species, that were a stranger to both, he wpuld
not hesitate to pronounce them natives of regions,
the remotest from each other,-, and. could never
suppose, that they belonged to a .superior soil.
50îan braucht nicht einmal ju toiffen, bag bte iöttfa*
ner cine oollfommcnc SDîongeUfcbje ©effcbtdbtltmng Jja*
ben, (Turner p. 84« 85*) um überzeugt 5» fenn, bag
bte SSengalefen nicht con ben SSutanern entfprungen,
unb bag fte auch nicht eineê gemeinschaftlichen Ur*
^ fprungd fepn fbnnen.
1) 5D?an f, befonberd ben 31uffa$ ootr £>rme fiber bie
Effeminacy of the Inhabitants of Indostan , in bet
neuen Sludgabe bed Fragments 457. etsq. p.
2 ) tiefer allgemeinen ^Beobachtung wiberfpricht g<w$ ah
lein H e r r i n I. 305,
ba6 ^nbtfche $ ltm a au f bie barm berpflanjten (£uro*
S B | S j n j M B l£uropder werben balb nad) il)<
ier ^ u fu ttft in ^ ttib o ffa n eitt O p fe r bed $ lim a ,o b e r fal*
len in lau gmtertge $ ra nH )eiten , bon wcldjen fie fid) nicht
eber> aid nach ber jKuc£Cel)r in bad SSaterlanb erl)olen.
SHud) biejen igen , bie ntd)t e rfra u fo n , berlieren in fu rje r
a eit nid)t blod tl)re ftifehett bUtyetiben J a r b e n , fonoerti
aud) belt gtbffen & l)e il U)rer $ r a f t , ja felbff ib re r gefel*
ltgeu@ efu h le u u b & rte b e ,inD em fie in etne ^ a t t i g f e i t
oerfin^en, biepetnUcher, aid $ ra nH )eit i f f , unb fie 511
ebeltnfithigen $ 3eftrebuugen mie 311 ffar^eu §|tjffren gm i*
geu b'ed ^ 6 rp e r6 unb @ etffeg gletch un fdh tg/ unb unge*
n e igtm a d )t2) . (£d iff eine adgemctne ^ em e r tu n g , bag
bte sftadffommen bon (£uropdern um b e ffom e l)r au^ar*
ten, ie Idnger tl)re Sorfah ren in ^tnboffan genoohnt h«s
ben ; unb bag begwegen bie 'p ortu giefen u n te r a ffe n ^ u *
ropdtfd)en (Solonien bie \>erad)tetffen unb oerddffUd)*
ffen finb 3). 3tach bem g eu gn iffe bon O r m e 4) miff
man aud) toal)rgettommcn l)abett, bag bie 2tnf6mm^
huge aud $ )e rfie n , ber S la rta re p , nub anberen mas
i j ^ierfiber fe&e man meine 95etracht. fiber bie grucht*
barfeit u, f. m. non Slften I. 232- 235. femer
Fennant I. 78. 79. Munro p. 93. 94.
2) Bernier II. 32. Orme II. S. I. p. 5. with the languor
peculiar to the unelastic atmosphere of the
? cl)mate, to debase all the essential qualities of the
human race. Munro 1. b. the infinite perplexieties
arising in this ungenial region, and its vast distance
from home, absolutely erase from a man’s
mind all ideas of zeal for the Welfare of his country.
Here patriotism evaporates through the stream
of perspiration, and when the native; juices
are once exhausted, he becomes an indifferent alien,
ending his exiled being in misery and discontent,
3) Dampier III. p. 19&
4) I- P- 29» . *■»