FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



souls. They have books of prayer ; and though they do not 

 build temples, they erect little bamboo altars in the woods. 

 They sing and dance, and the dates of their feasts are generally 

 marked in the Chinese calendar. The climate of this part is 

 cold in winter, ice even being seen in December. Deer and 



small game abound 

 in the mountains, 

 which, as far as the 

 inhabitants knew, 

 have no mines. 

 The female cos- 

 tumes which we 

 bought deserve 

 mention, being 

 peculiar for a long 

 sort of cassock 

 with red sleeves, 

 the corsage worked 

 with handsome 

 c j/ / arabesques in 



black, white, and 

 red, disclosing, 

 when open, a small 

 embroidered vest. 

 It is from these 

 varied hues that the Lolos probably derive the name Koua- 

 Lolos (Lolos of colour). The throat was encircled by a band 

 with a silver clasp, and the head by a turban, the ends of 

 which were brought round in front and ornamented with silver 



studs, while large ear-rings of the same metal completed the 



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Lolo Woman. 



