£9G MODES OF DRESSING THE HAIR. 



last rain of this season had fallen on the 28th, and had 

 suddenly been followed by a great decrease of the tempera- 

 ture. The people in these parts seemed more slender in 

 form, and their color a lighter olive, than any we had 

 hitherto met. The mode of dressing the great masses of 

 woolly hair which lay upon their shoulders, together with 

 their general features, again reminded me of the ancient 

 Egyptians. Several were seen with the upward inclination 

 of the outer angles of the eye ; but this was not general. 



LADY'S HEAD-DRESS OF WOVEN HAIR. 



A few of the ladies adopt a curious custom of attaching 

 the hair to a hoop which encircles the head, giving it some- 

 what the appearance of the glory round the head of the 

 Virgin, as shown on p. 295. Some have a small hoop behind 

 that represented in the wood-cut. Others wear an orna- 

 ment of woven hair and hide adorned with beads. The 

 hair of the tails of buffaloes, which are to be found farther 



