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noses a thick piece of tortoise^^shell, which hung down over 

 their lower lips, making them look hideous, especially when 

 they opened their mouths to speak. Fi'om their ears were 

 suspended from six to twelve rings, made of large shells, 

 half an inch thick. Their arms above the elbow were 

 decorated with armlets of black and white shells. On 



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their necks they wore necklaces made of small black and 

 white rings, to which were attached little pieces of mother 

 of pearl. Others had a round shell, black and white cord 

 necklace, and a great many of them the large round 

 mother of pearl shell ; some of them wore an eardrop 

 made of sharks' teeth. They rattled on, talking all at 

 once. I did not observe that they were in tlie least 



