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2 I have never witnessed in any other Asiatic. Except on formal oc-
3 casions, thev use a good deal of j^eslure, hut it is always oi a «jrave
4 kind, such as stretching out the ann, and bending forward the bodr-
5 Thev have, perhaps, more of this kind of action than the Persians,
6 though not near so lively a pef^le; but thejr no means equal the
7 geflticulaLiun of the IndiiUis. *• » . - • '
8 They are also free from that puerility which is, perhaps, the distin-
9 guishing cliaracteristic of the last-mentioned people. I found their
10 conversation and their inqunics, though not enlarged, always ratioiiiil,
11 and they did not seem much delighted with thc^ baubles which
12 generally form the most acceptable pi'esents in Indik
13 The A%liauns are aocused by the Penini of igiioiMn^aid Iw^
14 teian ; stupidity is indaid the ptantbuX lepnMwh of •til Kbram
15 mm. Hiey cBrtaajy Imto ndtlwr tba iriknrmmt MKtlhBtMtty
16 ofthek waafeom imffabtmt,wDdlUrilmMA^^mi^
17 tanaga nitioiW) undoubtedly numm thmr viewa* add, ca aoaie gabr
18 jeetey ooiAiaGts theb uudentandmgt ; but fimn thett state of iDctet^
19 in wliicfa every warn- is obliged to pioteet his awn^ngPits, snd-iriieiB
20 he is, at the same tine^ of someimportsDoe to the. cDmpwrnity, thoir
21 fiMaMesi-mnrtfaeegeoddeilesettedmidinipiovad; sndaeoosdini^
22 the bulk of the ]»eop1e are remaricable fisr^piodaice, <geod amse, and
23 ehservelion. They have also a digree of curiosity which is a relief to
24 e parson habituated to the apathy of the IiuUaiis. The^ alefcys
25 sheiied a desire to be inlnraied aboot the itate of oomilzies efc t
26 distance from their own» and some were very anxious to ini>
27 prove themselves by acquiring a Inowle^ge of our adences. I gave
28 • shoit of the Cuiaanican avatem (which waa nohliahed in
29 * I msy be aBotrad^ in comparijig them with a ferdgn niiUoii, to speak of the
30 Uulrftant* of this vatt ea|Mre as one people; bat it moat not be forgotten that there
31 it • great divernty among the Indians themselves: thus the tall and wpII mm\e Hin-
32 dottaunee qpeaka extreme^ alow, and, though he uses a good deal of gesture, does not
33 aHHwaih to ^'vidhaee of aedon employed by the oaall, fabc^ sad ddhcUed iidiilfaf>
34 tant of tlie Comatic who speaks on the most trifling sufa|)ect with a dtffm Sf volohility
35 and ttgenum to which no OBcaaon conUl ntam an ]ini||^iihnMNi.
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