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C H ^ P T E R iY I I ,
Description Qutd l~ ’P p r tu g u c ^ .^ la m . '
inhabitants oft the gg&.coa&ts p f Qeylbn^are composed
different jp^tigplar, th e
if tjf i4 ia a p p e a r ^ a h a ^ ^ ^ i . ^ p r f b
s|^ taJ ^ s |t T^eumapneffi and bp^tQps .<©ƒ.. these Y sibgJh^eyef,
nndey th^d e sp rjp tio n ,pf their - s^yei-g.^ pat-pga»
k Y h ly .n fi^ a fy in this work ip iMsrp^^hose
which ar-e^tettonaiy in Ceylon, pnd swhich, form a consnferatf^
proportion of, ite population^ Besides bhemytkyg fe^oaesp^% .
live under the dominion of the Europeans, and are t dasfa^misbe^.
by th^n^me^of thejpihglese, yhe, coasts^are Ghiefly inhabited
W Dutch, Portuguese, and Malays. All theseMiffer sp much
from each other both in their customs and appearance, that I
^ 8 B a sePa Fa^e ^description. of each tribe will afford amusement,
to the public. .
The Dutch, and indeed the Europeans o f every other nation,
k^Jt °^?5 own Y,4° PPP '■ horn and reside in India, differ, mughjar
% p * habitSl an4 , ^ ? J f s of life-froip those of E u rp p el. rOu r own
^ « rymen ab>nf o ^ n> . wbatevei> climatg ~9Mv situation they are
^ ^ ^ t i H remain steady, t o the manners and customs '0% Great
Brita in ; and {though the prejudices,.of,,,the,people among vfhom
hve,, and the nature of th e climate, may, force them to
mdke occasional deviations, ye t they never .altogether Ipse sight-
‘m m ^ S ^ i | lab!ts- - --Thp chief , tyait of. the origihaEDutoh
dlalractidr, which ''those in | Ceyldn- retain, r.os their fondness for
gih^ahu^^tooiMh;: in othdr 'respects* thgy4ad6|>trfthe customs and>
Wtlessc habits of ‘ the<; dteatfy. * A CteyWhsese Dutchman usually,
spends*‘his timers- follows.^»H-e''rises'-ehtly, about six?, j and either
gefeis :to walk, or sits dd#fi hy.hisvdoor- .in loose tifofee. and
4fl§hti cap!,£(f"stff(91l^ a pipo^l ’PMs with'-a^lsfeS’ief gifr,!;which-is
called a -botipffie,' flm up'* tbeMMerval>to^sevoni'i j‘ A^<dish *o£ cof=o
fee'jis 'Yhen hshrafefct -him #feV&y - and ' his sldurigingtposfurei
arid tdoaefeo-pipe^aire* agtiiti ftsuiHe‘d.,J' Jfe-’ afterWar'ds^ IdreSseS;
affd .‘‘goe^tb blSnesffmbre-ffrequently1 'tot p'ay visits ; a'dmode'
of speridft^tidBB^of which His-'c^unti^fn'enf'^fd particularly fondi;
visits- 'the ’Dut&Ktftferi' Usu&Mytak&*'a pipe?’and "gMss at
dcISy' b 3 wM^hri4tffeyr gbi In their safuMtiSfis >fthey bare I
HTOndd-ffll^ ' cefefeb®ioMphnd‘‘yiaake "a Iptoffisibif. o!f'%ows %it.hifta-1
'Stflftless ^b^cdliafr to tftfemse'lveS':' 7 rf Mfey have le isu re ' td'^protong!
■ they Yak-e’ off part of ttheir dress', and pUtJofi' aMi'ttfel
n¥|hf-C^* lwhfcfr they bring^with 1#ehf on pUrpbSfe',~ and' then
s^^thfemSCTve^tcl^mbkid5 and talk' till n'oon. YPbeir 'dinner ?%Our!
isrnbdtit 1 Otf^Hielr /arrd'
l^ c iy ‘'febdYYhd'; are 'paftifchlafly/ fdh'dPv8f h^vl^^ta>*^e'a%%nah- •
<t?iy^l>f b e lte r andJ bil ifrfe^d wfthj their-'IMr diftdf' O'th^r tietSals.
At-' 3of fhfe Diitch fidnsCS*' h5W(Yetr,®“ and paiftMul^ly fat
'Myti-heer-H^ffhySde^f at^Cdhimbb, 'Effoitrfd1 thfe' di-sheY exhernely
w,ell*sdt6SSfed>,il!and- the *^11 v‘iff particular' ''^ppea'rell Cx-foeedirigly
p%lhfdbl#;t#i'dhJ-i Eh^feshtMW.'1 Afftelr* (Min^ * t-Key^hsfesiMfe’ Jthfeir
f a v o u r i ^ l t t i o k i r i ^ ' h h alh'uMt^s^ Mdbthml tdrtgteepfc
for mi lfdbfr. aAs' s®n as ’ t h ^ 'd t e ' a^arn* d P&sgib4 ’thc^Yitheir»
abroad' to <! pby ^isitsf *-^ofi“' Vebeii^e^ftf|^.hy ?JibiheV and
,thisj With" ant)tnerv pipd, fills ‘bp ilifervhl' till clipper--is an-
nbunced a t when' ’ thef , :s4hi’e ^ fbbd' iS;Vl ^ i n
served up.