The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
An Ugly Amman.
f,u>held Corr. Evening Pos

fiuShcid Corr. Evening Post.
 visited Anam in the early part of May, ISSc. and again in September oi the same year. Al the time |, did no, occur O me tha, the country would ever play any important part on the worlds stage. and although found Il of gsea, interest, took ba, scanty notes of what saw. and carried a~ay comparatively little in the way of observation. PEesum- ing on the possibility of that littlc being more or less interesting al this tune, beg leave 10 speak of some of the salien, features of the country and is people
 have seen Patasonians and Magyais people renowned far usliness. but nore of them are one whil as ugly as the Ana man, who IS the uglies, of men. He IS to blame for being a Mongolian. phys ioal disgrace to his race. Of about the same neigh, as the Chnaman. he IS eoarser and yet more delicate. His skin Is tawny. and ot the hue oi black mud tha, has lam exposed to the sun until the process of partal drying has fixed t of a peculiar darkness He has d flat Chinese face with lat. fabby nose. fat n.rroa forehead. and a aatness of chm that never saw eNcelled. To make the flat ness appear ludletous. his cheek bones protfude like those et an American ln- dian. and his lips are as thick and his neck As >hor, as an Atrlean's To make the picture ot uglinesS most complete he has a lem atkable >saggei. and as lac iairly reels along he eNpee,ofates ihe lnice ot the Neca nu, which he is alsays chewing. and winch has so blaekencd his teeth that his occasional gHn Is int al nately d.4baiio
 This re- thar human specimen k one of an imperial population oi ten millions ot which besides the true Anamcse arr Chinese. oamoodlans. Chams and some savage tribes. the Chinese dominant m all that makes for dominance, and the Anamese in the largest number.
 The Amman talks through hts flat nose his voice like the ofo~ing oi 4 Bfahma cock l, IS hard work Tor hun to talk, and nc wonder. for. aside trom the nasal lna.iequaey. hIs language is spoken Wiih dItii ul;y even by native He speaks as II he were about to sneete and seems to want < inferred thA, aiier ! promising Siefnutation he has somcthiAg importan, to say. His language cost, hlm it's fail value IL $ monosyllahie varied m tone and necessarily 4 com ple,e system of aspiration of d marked character
 Prayer, scolding. mourning. and laugh. ter are similar III sound. though different of expression The entire artlt aiatut, effor, ls like the fowls crowing Al Nankin l was lodged near Baddhis' temple. and having heard the worship pers d, prayer during the day misicok for midnight devo,ions the erowing oi Met Tings roosters
 The language betrayed 'he peoples ougIn long ago. and 1 learned when returned ,o anton tha, the Anamesc are very abeuglnal They have been known for more than three thousand year a, the Gao Iehl. ths, Is, those fellow, ~i,h such bug toe This name is ial of eNprcssl IL. as ihc Anamese have rc markedly large great toes. Always 3ut' dis,l:.e, from the Chinese. the inter- oarss oi the two uafious has served te make the AnameSe very like ,he,r ncighbofs while stlll presersng theif national pc oullaritles froin dialeci to domestic habits