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■of fome fort of c;rcafe, mixed with a red paint or ochre, /777. 



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which they fmear in great abundance over their heads. 

 This pradlice, as fome might imagine, has not the effect of 

 changing their hair into the frizzling texture we obferved ; 

 for, on examining the head of a boy, which appeared never 

 to have been fmeared, I found the hair to be of the fame 

 kind. Their nofes, though not flat, are broad and full. 

 The lower part of the face projeifls a good deal, as is the 

 cafe of mofi Indians I have feen; fo that a line let fall from 

 the forehead, would cut off a much larger portion than it 

 would in Europeans. Their eyes are of a middling fize, 

 with the white lefs clear than in us ; and though not re- 

 markably quick or piercing, fuch as give a frank cheerful 

 caft to the whole countenance. Their teeth are broad, but 

 not equal, nor well fet ; and, either from nature or from dirt, 

 not of fo true a white as is ufual among people of a black 

 colour. Their mouths are rather wide ; but this appear- 

 ance feems heightened by wearing their beards long, and 

 clotted with paint, in the fame manner as the hair on their 

 heads. In other refpedls, they are well-proportioned ; 

 though the belly feems rather projeding. This may be 

 owing to the want of compreflion there, v.?-hich few nations 

 do not ufe, more or lefs. The pofture of which they feem 

 fondeft, is to Hand with one fide forward, or the upper pare 

 of the body gently reclined, and one hand grafping (acrofs 

 the back) the oppofice arm, which hangs down by the pro- 

 jetfling fide. 



What the ancient Poets tell us of Fauns and Satyrs living 

 in hollow trees, is here realized. Some wretched conftruc- 

 tions of flicks, covered with bark, which do not even deferve 

 the name of huts, v/ere indeed found near the fliore in the 

 bay ; but thefe feemcd only to have been crecfted for tem- 



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