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round the waist, which is often done. Over this, 

 which reaches below the knees, is worn a small cloak 

 of the same substance, likewise fringed at the lower 

 part. In shape this resembles a round dish-cover, 

 being quite close, except in the middle, where there 

 is a hole just large enough to admit the head, and 

 then, resting upon the shoulders, it covers the arms 

 to the elbows, and the body as far as the waist.. 

 Their head is covered with a cap of the figure of a 

 truncated cone, or like a flower-pot, made of fine 

 matting, having the top frequently ornamented with 

 a round or pointed knob, or a bunch of leathern tas- 

 sels, and there is a string that passes under the chin 

 to prevent its blowing off. 



Besides the above dress, which is common to both 

 sexes, the men frequently throw over their other 

 garments the skin of a bear, wolf j or sea-otter, with 

 the hair outward, and tie it as a cloak near the 

 upper part, wearing it sometimes before and some- 

 times behind. In rainy weather they throw a 

 coarse mat about their shoulders. They have also 

 woollen garments, which, however, are little in use. 

 The hair is commonly worn hanging down loose ; 

 but some, when they have no cap, tie it in a bunch 

 on the crown of the head. Their dress, upon the 

 whole, is convenient, and would by no means be 

 inelegant, were it kept clean. But as they rub their 

 bodies constantly over with a red paint, of a clayey or 

 coarse ochry substance, mixed with oil, their gar- 

 ments, by this means, contract a rancid offensive 

 smell, and a greasy nastiness, so that they make a 

 very wretched dirty appearance ; and what is still 

 worse, their heads and their garments swarm with 

 vermin, which, so depraved is their taste for clean- 

 liness, we used to see them pick off with great com- 

 posure and eat. 



Though their bodies are always covered with red 

 paint, their faces are often stained with a black, a 

 bright red, or a white colour, by way of ornament. 



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