82 PERSONAL ORNAMENTS. 



gated with black, red, blue, and white. The 

 rajah and his sons wear their hair short ; the 

 lowest class of men permit it to flow wildly over 

 their shoulders ; but the most national, or cha- 

 racteristic mode, and that adopted by the more 

 punctilious natives, (and especially by the mili- 

 tary attendants on the rajah,) is to have the 

 hair of great length, and secured at the crown of 

 the head, where it towers, as an immense bush, 

 to a considerable height. The ornamental combs, 

 occasionally worn in this toupet, are made with 

 the ribs of the cocoa-nut leaf, and bear a striking 

 resemblance to those in common use amongst 

 the natives of the Tonga Isles. 



Silver, or ivory rings, (the bangles of Asia- 

 tics,) encircling the arms, as well as necklaces 

 and bracelets, composed of coloured beads, or 

 of small, fragrant, black-and-yellow seeds, indi- 

 genous to the island, are the favourite ornaments 

 of both sexes ; parrots' feathers, tied to a slip of 

 bamboo, are occasionally worn in the ears, and 

 bangles of long white hair around the ancles. 

 A long European knife, contained in a sheath, 

 is the more common substitute for the kris, or 

 native dagger. Tatooing the person is but little 

 practised, and seldom extends beyond a few 

 small devices on the arms. 



The most remarkable mode of decorating the 



