( 2 74 ) 



or the web-like covering of a coco-nut 

 or palm-tree, difpofed after the manner 

 in which the Indians place their laps, 

 were the only coverings worn, either by 

 males or females. 



Juft above each ankle is a cotton 

 garter knit round the leg, on which it 

 is worn ; and on feftivals, and other 

 merry occafions, they wear caps of fea- 

 thers, which conlift of a circular band, 

 about two inches wide, woven from 

 the fine thread-like fplints of fmall Nib- 

 bees, of a fize adapted to the head on 

 which it is worn. In the upper edge 

 of this is fixed a great number of long 

 feathers, of different, but gay colours, 

 which ftand erect round the whole cir- 

 cumference of the head. They like- 

 wife flick a great number of fmall fine 

 feathers, of different colours, on differ- 

 ent parts of the body, by the help of 



the 



