Their skin is of a light reddish-brown colour. Their hair is long, black, and straight. The women are quiet, happy, and pleasant-looking. Their hair is parted in the middle, thrown back, and tied behind. The favourite occupation of the Tsui-hwan is hunting.
Every man can handle a gun, which, however, only the richer possess, and a bow and arrow.
They carry a long, pointed knife, thick and heavy enough to be used as a chopper. I found afterwards that it was the custom of all the aborigines, of whatever tribe, to carry a knife of this kind. We once saw a man fishing from a canoe with a bow and arrow, and a fish he had just caught. The head of the arrow was like a four-pointed fork. They also employ themselves to some small extent in tilling the land, either for themselves or for their Chinese neighbours, who now possess the greater part of that which is cultivable round the lake.