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tile balfam called Arrecocerra. On thefe 

 occafions like wife they are painted in 

 the face, and on the arms, breaft, &c. 

 either with Launa, or Afmtta. The 

 women are dfually the painters, and de- 

 lineate various figures, according to 

 their different Tancies. The women lifae 4 - 

 wife wear long firings of fmall beads, cf 

 different colours, clofely wound round' 

 their wrifls, arms, ankles, and above 

 the calves of their legs. 



In temper and difpofition they are 

 cheerful, humane, and friendly, but 

 fomewhat timid, or cowardly, except 

 when drunk, which is not unfrequent, 

 as all the Aborigines of America feem to 

 have a natural propenfity to intemper- 

 ance ; nor can the women be excepted, 

 tho' no vice, not even immodefty itfeif, 

 is more incompatible with the fcftirefs 

 and delicacy of female charms, But 

 T 2 their 



