Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The character which modern voy- agers have drawn of the Malays of Timor, properly so called, is less dis- advantageous. The Malays, says M. Freycinet, whom we saw in the bay and town of Coupang, which is chiefly peopled by them, are far from having the sullen and perfidious look gene- rally ascribed to that race. The ex- pression of their countenance on the contrary, is smiling and bespeaks frank- ness: they appear to be intelligent ; and there isa something deliberate in their actions and expressive in their looks which pleases and interests. Not- withstanding. this gentleness in their physiognomy, they evince great courage,