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Some account of Savu

sometimes livd upon it alone for a long time when by bad seasons or their destructive feasts which I shall mention by & by they have been deprivd of all other nourishment  we saw some of the fattest swine upon this Island whose uncommon fatness surprizd us much  which very beasts we saw one evening serv'd with their suppers consisting of nothing but the outside husks of Rice & this syrup disolvd in water & this they told us was their constant & only food  how far it may be found consonant to truth that sugar alone should have such nourishing qualities I shall leave to others to determine  I have only accounts not experience to favour that opinion
[Margin note]  People
The people of this Island are rather under than over the midling size  the women especialy most of whoom are remarkably short & generaly squat built  their colour is well ting'd with brown  in all Ranks & conditions nearly the same  in which particular they differ much from the inhabitants of the South sea Isles where the better sort of people are universaly almost whiter than their inferiors  the men are rather well made and seem to be active & nimble  among them we observd a greater variety of features than usual  the women on the other hand are as I said before generaly low &

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