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fmoke ; their hofe are alfo of ikins or pieces of 

 fluff wrapped round the leg. A wailtcoat of 

 fkins covers their boJies down to their middle, 

 over which they wear a covering when they can 

 get it if not they wear a robe of bear-fkin or of 

 ieveral fkins of beavers, otters, or other fuch like 

 furs, with the hairy fide inwards. The woman's 

 boddices reach down to a little above the knee, 

 and when they travel they cover the head with 

 their coverings or robes. I have feen feverals who 

 wore little bonnets, made in the manner of leather 

 caps ; others of them wear a fort of cowl, which is 

 fewed to their veils or boddices, and they have 

 alfo a piece of fluff or Ikin which ferves them for 

 a petticoat, and which covers them from the mid- 

 dle down to the mid leg. 



They are all very fond of mirts, which they ne- 

 ver wear under their veils till they become dirty, 

 and never put them off, till they fall off with rot- 

 tennefs, they never giving themfelves the trouble 

 to wafh them. Their tunicks or veils of fkins, 

 are commonly dried in the fmoke like their focks, 

 that is, they are fufFered to be fully penetrated 

 with it, when they rub them till they are capable 

 of being waihed like linnen. They alfo drefs them 

 by fleeping them in water, and afterwards rub 

 them between their hands till they become dry and 

 pliant. They are, however, much fonder of our 

 if uffs and coverings, which they efteem much more 

 commodious. 



Several of them paint themfelves, as the Picls did 

 formerly, over the whole body : others in fome 

 parts only. This is not confidered by them as 

 purely ornamental - 9 they find it, likewife as is laid, 

 ©f great ufe to them : it contributes much to de- 

 I 3 fend 



