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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    this exhibition an air of magnificence which would be worthy of imitation in the magic scenes of our great thea- tres. The descendants from Europeans and native women, chiefly slaves, form the most wealthy and civilized portion of the inhabitants of Timor. As they see few strangers, they are at first shy and reserved ; but when you have won their confidence, they treat you with the utmost kindness and cordiality. Con- signed from their infancy to the care of slaves, and brought up among them, they resemble the Malay natives in manners, habits and prejudices. A few of them can read and write, and this is the extent of theif acquirements. ‘The u 3