Aquila, and Calamba, odoriferous woodThe most famous wood called Aquila, or Eagale-wood, and Calamba were exported to other countries. The Aquila is s...

Buildings:The structures the Cochin-Chineses use of wood, are nothing inferior to those of any other part of the world; for without falsifying this co...

Hair and nails never cut:Men let their hair grow as the women do, down to their heels, and wear the same sort of hats, or broad caps. Those who have a...

Fashion of clothes:It is in the general custom of the Cochin-Chinese to wear silk. To begin with the women; I think the modestest garb of all India; f...

Their breeding:The manner of breeding and that are of the same family. The Cochin-Chineses is more or less the same with that of the Chineses, always ...