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below their shoulders, giving them a very feminine appear- 

 ance. The head man had his hair bound round at the end 

 with cord in such a manner that it stuck out at a right angle 

 behind. The old fellow's corporation projected in front quite 

 as far as his pig-tail did behind, and gave him a most ridicu- 

 lous appearance. Neither men nor women had eyebrows, 

 having, according to Indian custom, plucked them out. Their 

 upper lips and both sides of the mouth were tattooed with 

 blue curved lines. The dress of the women was exceedingly 

 simple, consisting only of a small cotton and bead-work 

 apron, made fast to a cotton cord round the body above the 



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hips. The apron, called a ' queyou,' is manufactured by the 

 wearer in a most ingenious manner, each bead being slipped 

 on the cotton thread in its proper place as it is being woven. 

 The patterns of these dresses are marked out with red, blue, 

 and white beads, and they generally have an ornamented 

 border." 



Aras. — These magnificent birds are popularly known as 

 Macaws. The Blue and Yellow Macaw is scientifically termed 

 Ara ararauna, and the Scarlet and Blue Macaw is Ara macao. 

 Both birds are tamed by the natives, and kept about their 

 houses, in company with spider monkeys and other pets. 

 Their long and splendid tail feathers are much used in the 



