4 18 A JOURNEY TO LAKE 



the corner, and belonging to fome Uniyas who bad come from DSd 

 to graze their goats. As the water was not in fufficient quantity for the 

 fupply of the Uniyas and the Nit? people, another well was dug s 

 which gave what was required for cooking; but that for drinking 

 was brought nearly three cos, An Unlya woman, wife to one of 

 the goatherds, very good naturedly filled the water veffels of thofe 

 perfons who came to the little well, and did not take up her 

 pwn part till the different candidates for water received the quan- 

 tity which they afked for. She had rather a pleafing counte* 

 nance, tvas of middle ftature, and about thirty-five years old. There 

 was much of curiofity in her looks at feeing us, but nothing of fear 

 or impertinence. Her drefs was woollen, and of the fame form 

 with that of the men. Her boots were like wife woollen, and much 

 diverfified by patches of various hues. Her hair, which was of a 

 deep black, was placed in treffes from the forehead down to be- 

 low her waift, where the plaits to the number of fifty, after each being 

 terminated by a cowrie fhell were afiembled in a band of leather 

 which was tipped with a taffel of red worked thread : her head lap- 

 pet, if I may fo nime it, was of leather and extended from the fore- 

 head down the back to the waift, but in the latter part gradually end- 

 ed in a point. At the forehead it was bordered with filver, and from 

 -this rim hung feven rows of coral beads, each row confining- of five s 

 which were terminated by fevea filver Timd/has that played upon 

 the forehead. The crown of the lappet was (ludded with fmall 

 pearls ^distributed in feven rows, and the lower part was decorated 

 with green ftones fomething like turquoifes but marbled, with 

 coral beads, and many bands of filver and of a yellow me« 

 'til, probably gold s about a finger's breadth, A (tiff band of lea« 

 •ther fomething. like a foldiers collar was placed loofelv round her 

 • neck, and ornamented with five rows of coral beads. The collar was. 



