FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



and the chin. A more original head-dress was one which we 

 saw among the Lintindjou women. On a Httle knot of hair was 

 perched a plaited straw circlet, like those worn by the Annamite 

 sharpshooters, from which hung a fringe with white tassels. The 



costume was 

 composed of a 

 jacket, fastened 

 with two silver 

 clasps, black 

 trousers, and 

 linen bands tied 

 round the ankles. 

 These natives 

 seemed very shy. 

 One woman, ol 

 whom I took a 

 snap - shot, had 

 a vivacious 

 little face, with 

 strongly protrud- 

 ing forehead, 

 and eyes that 

 7 ('A were scarcely at 



all oblique. She 

 was clearly dis- 

 tinguishable from both Chinese and Annamite. Some Hou-Ni 

 women were also pointed out to us, clothed in tunics which 

 descended to the knee, and wearing on their breasts a round 

 silver plate, with designs of crabs and scorpions. 



This first glimpse of the native population only increased our 



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Lolo Woman at Monglse. 



