Note 224 — Chapter VI
Hugh J. C. Beavan translation
Yvan, De France en Chine, p. 175, Paris, 1853. [“M. Périer has mentioned, according to Yvan, the beauty of the inhabitants of the island of Réunion, who descend from a few couples only, and yet have known how to preserve their purity of blood” (An Inquiry into Consanguineous Marriages and Pure Races, Dr. E. Dally; transl. by H. J. C. Beavan, Anthrop. Review, p. 97, 1864).—Editor.]