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 AND 



grea 



paddling their canoes, when: they go a fiihing,^ contribute 



to their falubrious liabit o£ body. However,, as* the heat of a, 



vertical fun might caufe too violent^, and too general a relaxation;. 



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of the folids. 



water, after which. 



prevent this 



comm 



freq,uently bathing in fea 



an ablution> in frefli 



•f 



water. They, generally bathe every evening and morning 



or at 



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either time, according as they have ufed. themfelves to it* But as 

 an-infeniible. and ftrong perfpiratioa 



weakens 



our bodies 



very much in hot climates, and by carrying off too many, liquids^^ 

 renders them more obnoxious to putrid difeafes, the natives of thele'. 



iHes would be equally 



this inconvenience, if they had 



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not a cuflom, which really feems to be intended to obviate, the too ^ 

 capioujs perfpiration, .for at certain times they anoint their hair and^^ 

 head and. the. whole body, with the oil, extraded from coco-nuts^ ,, 

 and made odoriferous by adding the wood, the fruity the . flowers, 



and^the. leaves of feveral fcented plants. *- Upon the . whole,, their 

 chearful temper,, the abfence of ^ cares, their fimplicity of manners^,, 

 with the above enumerated caufes, . co-operate ilrongly to prevent ■■ 

 the;attacks of many varied, difeafes j; and as the greater and more 

 feniible part, of thefe nations, ^adhere to an exemplary fobriety in 



cveryi 



* Frangols Pyrard Voyage, b; i. p, 1261 fays the fume of. the-- pco^h in tha Malcdive. 



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