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of Gambia, vvhoare thick lipt, fhort nos’d, and commiorily lovv fore- 
|heads. But thefe, are compos’d of fuch features, as. would mar the 
judgment of the beft Painters,to undertake tomend. Wanton, asthe 
foyl that bred them, {weet as the fruits they fed ons for being come 
fonear, astheir motions, and graces might perfectly be difcern’d, 1 
guefs'd that Nature could not, without help ‘of Art, frame fuch ac- 
complifh’d beauties,not only of colours,and favour,but of motion too, 
which is the higheft part of beauty. -If dancing had been in fafhion 
fin this I/and.I might have been perfwaded,that they had been taught 
thofe motions, by fome who had ftudied that Art. But confidering the 
Padre’s Mufick tobe the beftthe Ifland afforded, I could not but caft 
avyay that thought, and attribute all to pure nature 5) Innocent, as 
youthful,’ theirages aboutfifteen. Seeing their beauties.fo frefh and 
youthful, withall the perfections [havenamed, I thought good to try, 
}tleman that fpoke Portugal,I accofte 
whether the uttering of their language, would be as fweetand harmo- 
nious, as their other parts were comely.: ~ And by the help of a Gen- 
idan ; and began ‘to praife their 
eauties, fhapes; and manner of dreflings’; which was extreamly pret- 
ty. Their hair notfhornas the Negrgesin: the places Ihave named, 
clofe to thei heads $ nor in quarters, and mazes, as they ufe to wear 
it, which is ridiculous to all that fee them., but themfelves : But in 
a due proportion of length, fo as having their fhortenings by the na- 
j to. 
_ tural Curls, they appearedas Wyers, and Artificial Dreflings to their 
low h aS me Seat LF a of purpofe 
faces. Ontthe fides of their Cheeks, 1 hey plat littleof it’. . 
eye finaliRibbons ‘orfome {mall beads,of white Amber, orblew| 
e5, fometimes of the rare flowers ‘that grow there 5 Their ears 
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