Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    creep in on all fours. These habita- tions are sufficient in a climate where man needs only a roof to shelter him from the rays of the sun and the heavy trains that fall in the stormy season. Their utensils consist of hatchets and knives, which they buy from the Euro- peans, as well as muskets, sabres, pikes and gunpowder. They under- stand the art of melting gold, of which they make plates and large rings for their women. They make likewise bells for the harness, coarse stuffs for. their clothing, and mats, earthen ves- sels and pillows stuffed with cotton. That part of the population of Malay origin inhabiting the coasts of Timor, speak a language very nearly resem-