& }tmneny,i ox ikmdio£^atgf i which, is an like
the*(j-owel, of^aL-spur fixed,pa a pieqee|BjysoQd like a ibaot-jaek,
and ti^d;- tn. ;rasp&|^^j eQe^in^tsf;r: per
•cessaqs'Jutensils .fQrna^lkeivfholeuoL-.their household Jurnitufgv
They., use neither stables, | chairs, g .nor spoons; but like,„other
Indians, place . themselves on the . ground, and eat their food
with their , hands. The | housesof • Hfchp -Candians are,. neater and
.-better, constructed, than .those, .of the-„Cinglese; , fan: although the
latter are accustomed to better models,.’ y e t the abject state,, tp
.which their, minds have, been reduced by the successive tyranny
of the. Portuguese and Dutch,,.has made.them ratl\qr;,go back
thafi adyspe© in improvement, since_ they - ceased to. fo^pa part' of
a barbarous empire,. ^
Their villages ' and towns, instead , of . .presenting, that GQippaet
appearance .to which we .are accustomed,, lpok.more like a number
of distinct houses scattered up and down in the, midst; of a
-thick .wood or, forest. There is not the.smallest regularity observed,
but .eyery. one places his hut in .the centre .^of ,.’.avqbCpa,-tre.e
tope, in the rnpst, convenient spot he can find.. In those-.mountainous
parts where si^tenaace itself can scarcely" ..bebptocur^,
and where the natives live in constant danger of attack from
wild beasts, q£rhbeing annoyed by. .reptiles, or . suddenly. aver-
,taken by inundations, it is usual for them to build their. huts on
fhe-summits of rocks, or the tops qf high, trees,.,.. Some of them
fix a number of high, posts in the* ground, and place upon them
a sort of hurdle which serves them for a nocturnal habitation^
To preserye themselves from the intense rays of the sun, they
universally have the large ..leaf ; of the talipot-tree carried over
their heads. -A representation of this leaf is giv.eu in Jig iv. plate-
facing page 112.
V£Fh® Cqyfohese rarhi g^qfluhgly^oh^s a^d^cetfen^piOus, abd
neveiqfaih!, dn<.meetiwg, tq,ipres.eM teahhs •othe^^.ith’,,^hb ’betel-
leafy '- thslr ^constant ’ ipark?,> afr-respect$ amd$feendship^f A ll ranks!
uniwysalLy^h^dtheKMetfeWeaf; itggteke ■ dffssgfJv to, alhtbejr .ep^
| tertainpientsd^ unfailing ^ p p lem fn tJ to -allj ];their -lender,-;
i^timisia. The-ibHfceklpaf..ih(; shape'Resembles iflbyVfegufctin c<Hbuj:
and thiokaA ^it. approaches mam* neat% l^ sitheo leaf ©£ ,th®
latrelv^'Afongliwith-tthe^beteh-leaf bbey p$yjj| ltqba'c<lo>''arekarftjit,
and, theqlime ,-xi!fdbumt sMlsjrto:) render itnJrmrg^^jBgen'^ujasA
%s custom,-,with ^etheDlhdi^s.V;-Whertsoheiwec^otfiis imiatuMbee1
d®nies>ia®ired (as-obfoed/i a id stains'-d?heh uhouth,/ bpsmasidj tegtfid
of a. black j colour whichj/can never be efikefed,.' .-This jefikefo
which | )td a;»-^European .1 woiildj deforin ■ ft,lieunaimtjenancei' n with
themK'is^cansi^.ffid? ajafoean tiding'dhofo^ whit©
teetp ,-asl orilynfit ‘ for’ dogih and a ^ p a c e iJ b hA e (hiuiiaa® sp.esies^
The hotdmixMre,. [howeveri,; speedily, destroys- trlfoirnteeth and
often :.reudiirsi; them ' toothless, at am ieadyljaggi j®h#§e also: ,&eb ‘
quenMye stainnitheir npilsu:aiid AH^rsojwAth thexguiee of;«the
betbhleafi bbfasthk seemsit© be i attended - with aioarhad £jims©t
quericeivias Their hands are d eiic a te ^ n d welh-forme* im a n iu ih
eommdA degree.
-nTheweriis?fe, waahderfSl dfe^ree^'olii^riaiyityIjubseivedfaih/conversation
eteaa§g©ng relations1 and intimate friends, i d t ishndt
'unusual,tQ se~e*avparty.of ’Oe-yleSaese’ slfc.'for a,long time.; togathejf
as grayeiand mtlte as |m assenaMyoof
does ^otillhiofvte toemjvfqiind ddrmgj)all?' this3 whifoAjthey paMmM
chewing* hltkMeaf fop: a ftoger; and lapparientiy Mfijoywi^
fty;as mWeh£a^fhh<!il.n^shinan would a ^BkC^odbdf • port.
In theit: salutations they are particularly punctilious: the form
which ithe^ ’usgcis that coihteon\.to iall:; I{*tiato,> of briatgingrithe
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