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Not only the difference of materials, but alfo -the defiination atid 



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colour caufes various differences in the ^cloth': in general, every 

 kind of -cloth is called ahou-, but a garment, chiefly of the fort 

 called hohoOf intended for the v^omen, is named paroovai : if in the 



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middle of a piece of about fix feet in length, a longitudinal hole is 

 cut, the natives call this drefs teepoota ; it is a very common garment 



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for both 



who put the head through the hole, and fuffer 



cither to hang lofe on both fides below the knees, or they inclofe it 



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ther piece of cloth, coming up almoft to the breaft, and 



ferving inftead of a wrapper. Pieces 'of cloth are ufed by both fexes 

 as a fafh, which covers their nudities ^ that which is worn by men, 

 they call maro -, that by v^om.t'si pareoo : red cloth is called ewha-aio-, 

 the yellow kind is named heap a : there is a yellow cloth on which 



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they make red figures, by dipping a bamboo reed in the red die, 

 and ftamping it on the cloth, this is known by the name apa s the 



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fort which is not only brown, but covered with a kind of varnifh 



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or gummofity, they call poowBrree, Their dies are very fine and 



attention if they were lading : 



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labour and care in preparing it 5 



'bright, and would deferve more 

 the red die requires a good deal of 



the fruit of a fmall fig called mattee (Jiciis tinBorla) affords a drop 



two of a milky j 



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broken off from the 



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juice is carefully gathered in a clean cup of coco-nut fhell, and after 



inj^ a fufficiency of it, they foal^ it in the leaves of the etout or 



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