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per converfation with their women. No fear of 

 punifhment would be fufficient to hinder them 

 from executing their revenge. 



Among the Dutch, the men have prefervcd 

 for their drefs of ceremony their European 

 clothes, but they all have wainVoats with 

 fleeves,' in order to be able to pull off their coat 

 when the matter of the houte where they are 

 invited detires them to put themselves at their 

 afe, himfelf fetting them the example. Thofe 

 who wear a wig never fail to deliver it Into the 

 hands of one of their fervants, and they th n 

 put on a large cap of very fine white linen. The 

 European women wear a petticoat which almofl 

 touches the ground, and a gown in the form of 

 a chemife, open in front, which falls no lower 

 than the petticoat, and is drawn in by a fafh ; 

 their hair is rolled in a fpiral form behind the 

 head, and confined by two large pins which 

 crofs each other : this is their ordinary drefs. 

 The women of the natives, who are in eafy cir- 

 cumftances and reiide in the town, wear drefTes 

 of the fame make, but mod commonly black. 

 Thofe of % blue colour are in particular requefl 

 among the women who live in the country. 



The female Haves wear, as a gown, a fort of 

 fhift, which is not open in front like that of the 

 free women. 



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