DRESS OF THE ARAUCANIANS. 87 
they were much delighted ; the chief also begged 
a piastre, and his daughter (a true woman, 
though a savage,) a looking-glass. After she 
had contemplated her features for some time 
with much satisfaction, the treasure was passed 
from hand to hand among her people, who all 
appeared extremely well content with the reflec- 
tion of their own faces, although, according to 
our ideas of beauty, none of them had any cause 
for vanity. They are of the middle stature, 
strongly built, and of dark complexions. Their 
hair is black, and hangs loosely over their shoul- 
ders; and their little Chinese eyes, and promi- 
nent cheek-bones, seemed to indicate an Asiatic 
origin. The expression of their faces is good- 
natured, lively, and rather intelligent. Their 
dress is very simple, consisting merely of a piece 
of many-coloured striped woollen stuff of their 
own manufacture: in shape, it is an oblong 
square, with a hole in the centre through which 
the head is passed, the longer ends hanging 
down to the knee before and behind, the shorter 
at each side falling over the shoulders, and the 
lower part of their limbs remaining bare.. The 
Spanish Chilians call this garment a pancho, 
