1880.] 



on Fufthion in Deformity. 



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Fig. 2. 



ing among the natives of the Corn Islands, oflf the Mosqnito Coast, in 

 Central America : — " They have a Fashion to cut Holes in the Lips of 

 the Boys when they are yoiuig, close to their Chin, which they keep 

 open with little Pegs till they arc fourteen or 

 fifteen years old ; then they wear Beards in them, 

 made of Turtle or Tortoise-shell, in the Form you 

 see in the Margin. The little Kuotch at the upper 

 end they put in through the Lip, where it remains 

 between the Teeth and the Lip ; the under Part 

 hangs down over their chin. This they commonly 

 wear all day, and when they sleep they take it out. 

 They have likewise Holes bored in their Ears, both 

 Men and Women, when young, and by continual 

 stretching them with great Pegs, they grow to be 

 as big as a mill'd Five-shilling Piece. Herein they 

 wear Pieces of Wood, cut very round and smooth, 

 so that their Ear seems to be all Wood, with a little 

 Skin about it." 



It is a remarkable thing that an almost exactly similar custom still 

 prevails among a tribe of Indians inhabiting the southern part of 



Fig. 3. 



Botocudo Indian; from Bigg-Wither's ' Pioucering in South Brazil ' (1878). 



Brazil — the Botocudos, so called from a Portuguese word meaning a 

 plug or stopper. Among these people the lip-ornament consists of a 

 conical piece of hard and polished wood, frequently weighs a quarter of 



