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ipT . The naiivcs, da no: exceed the common ftature of Euro^ 



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peans ; ^nd, m general, are not fo well made, efpecially 

 about the Umbs. This is, perhaps, the effect of fitting, for 

 the moft part, on, their hanis ; and of being confined, by the 

 hilly dilpofitidn of the country; from ufmg that fort of ex- 

 ercife which contributes to render the body flraight and 

 well-proportioned. There arc, however, feveral exceptions 

 to this ; and fomc are remarkable for their large bones and. 

 mufcies 5 but few that I have feen are corpulent. 



Their colour is of different cads, from a pretty deep black to 

 a yellowifh or olive tinge ; and their features alfo are various, 

 fome refembling Europeans. Biu, in general, their faces are 

 round, v/ith their lips full, and alfo their nofes toward the 

 point ; though the firfl. are not uncommonly thick, nor the 

 laft flat. I do not, however, recoiled to have feen an in- 

 flance of the true aquiline nofe amongft them. Their teeth 

 are commonly broad, white, and well fet ; and their eyes 

 large, with a very free motion, which feems the efFed of 

 habit. Their hair is black, flraight, and flrong, commonly 

 cut (hort on the hind part, with the reft tied on the crown 

 of the head : but fome have it of a curling difpofition, or 

 of a brown colour. In the young, the countenance is ge- 

 nerally free or open ; but in many of the men it has a fe- 

 rious caft, and fometimes a fuUennefs or referve, efpecially 

 if they are flrangers. The women arc, in general, fraaller 

 than the men ; but have few peculiar graces, either in form- 

 or features, to diftinguifh them. 





The drefs of both fexes is alike ; and confifts of an oblon 

 garment about five feet long, and four broad, made from 

 the fllky flax already mentioned. This feems to be their 

 moft material and complex manufacture, which is executed 



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