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The people that we call the Red-haired or Red Barbarians are one and the same as the Hollanders and they live on the Western Ocean. They are greedy and cunning, have ample knowledge of valuable goods, and are skilled at seeking their own advantage. For profit they do not even hesitate to jeopardise their own lives, and no place is too distant for them to try and reach it. \[...\] Who meets them at sea, will certainly be robbed. Thai-Wan Hoe Tsi (after Groeneveldt )
