” The Jews at Rome
are very poor *, thofe who are poor are always
nafly, and thole who are nafty, ufually ftink:
That is the Miftery. ’Tis alfo a vulgar Error
that the Jews are all black ;[[[ for this is only true of the Portuguefe Jews?]]] who marrying always
among one another, beget Children like themfelves
; and confequently the Swarthinefs of their Complexion is entail’d upon their whole Race,
even in the Northern Regions…” – A new voyage to Italy : with curious observations on several other countries, as Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, Geneva, Flanders, and Holland : together with useful instructions for those who shall travel thither
by Misson, Maximilien, 1650?-1722; Jephson, Charles, active 1736-1748; J. and J. Bonwicke

Publication date 1739
Publisher London : Printed for J. and J. Bonwick, C. Rivington, S. Birt, T. Osborne, E. Comyns, E. Wicksteed, C. Ward, and R. Chandler, and J. and R. Tonson
Collection getty; americana
Digitizing sponsor Getty Research Institute
Contributor Getty Research Institute
Language English
Volume 2,1

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“I have been now in Cochin, or its vicinity, for

upwards of two months, and have got well acquainted
with the Jews. They do not live in the city of Cochin,
but in a town about a mile distant from it, called Matta-
chery, and Jews’-Town. It is almost wholly inhabited
by the Jews, who have two respectable Synagogues.
Among them are some very intelligent men, who are
not ignorant of the present history of nations. There
are also Jews here from remote parts of Asia, so that
this is the fountain of intelligence concerning that peo
ple in the East; there being constant communication by
ships with the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the
mouths of the Indus. The resident Jews are divided
into two classes, called the Jerusalem or White Jews ;
and the (((((Ancient or Black Jews.))))) The White Jews
reside at this place. The Black Jews have also a
Synagogue here ; but the great body of that tribe
inhabit towns in the interior of the province. I have
now seen most of both classes. My inquiries referred
chiefly to their antiquity, their manuscripts, and
their sentiments concerning the present state of their nation…” – Christian researches in Asia : with notices of the translation of the Scriptures into the oriental languages
by Buchanan, Claudius, 1766-1815

Publication date 1812
Topics Missions — India
Publisher London : G. Sidney
Collection cdl; americana
Digitizing sponsor MSN
Contributor University of California Libraries
Language English