2S0 ORNAMENTS. 



remainino- one^ a less formidable weapon than the 

 others^ is flat on both sides^ with a serrated edg*e^ 

 and measures twentj^-two inches in leng'th and three 

 in width. 



The ornaments worn on this part of the coast are 

 in g-eneral so precisely similar to those of the Louis- 

 iade^ already- described^ that a brief allusion to them 

 is sufficient. In both places we saw the same nose- 

 sticks^ combs stuck in the hair^ flat circular earring's^ 

 woven and shell armlets^ round ornaments made of 

 melon shelly necklaces of dog-'s teeth and black seeds^ 

 and white cowries strung* round the leg's^ arms^ and 

 neck. I observed here none of the human jawbones 

 worn as bracelets so frequently met with in the 

 Louisiade^ nor did painting* the body appear to 

 be carried to the same extent^ althoug"h the mode of 

 doing* so was the same. Here too we sometimes 

 saw the hair collected and twisted behind into a 

 single or double queue^ and procured a neatly con- 

 structed bush}' wig' of frizzled hair. A g'irdle of 

 split rattan wound about a dozen times round the 

 waist is in common use here^ but I do not recollect 

 having" seen it in the Louisiade. 



Among* other articles of native manufacture I 

 ma}^ mention larg'e baked earthen pots* used in 

 cooking*^ also very neatly made round flat-bottomed 

 baskets in sets of four^ partially fitting* into each 

 other_, with a woven belt to suspend them from the 



* Similar to that figured on p. 261. 



