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Mouth moderately large. Their Cheeks and Chin 

 are well proportion'd and in general they are 

 handfomly featured, but the Men more than the 

 Women. 



Both Sexes have ftreight, long, black Hair, lank, Hair, 

 coarfe and ftrong, which they wear ufually down to 

 the Middle of the Back, or lower, hanging loofe 

 at its full length ; only the Women tie it together with 

 a String juft behind the Head, below which it flows 

 loofe as the Mens. Both Men and Women pride 

 themfelves much in the Length of the Hair of the 

 Head ; and they frequently part it with their Fin- 

 gers, to keep it difentangled or comb it out with 

 a Sort of Combs they make of Macaw-wood. This combsof 

 Comb is made of feveral fmall Sticks, of about 5 Macaw 

 or 6 Inches long, and tapering to a Point at each ft *cks. 

 End like our Glovers Sticks. Thefe being tied 10 

 or 12 of them together about the Middle where 

 they are thick, the Extremities of them both ways 

 open from each other, and ferve at either End for 

 a Comb : which does well enough to part the Hair; 

 but they are forc'd to ufe their Fingers to fetch the 

 Lice out of their Heads. They take great Delight 

 in combing their Hair, and will do it for an Hour 

 together. All other Hair, except that of their 

 Eye-brows and Eye-lids, they eradicate : For tho* 

 the Men have Beards if they would let them grow, 

 yet they always have them rooted out: And the 

 Women are the Operators for all this Work ; ufing 

 two little Sticks for that Purpofe, between which 

 they pinch the Hair, and pluck it up. But the 

 Men upon fome Gccafions cut off the Hair even of 

 their Heads ; it being a Cuftom they have to do fo 

 by way of Triumph, and as a diftinguiftiing Mark 

 of Honour to him who has kilPd a Spaniard^ or o- 

 ther Enemy. He alfo then paints himfelf black 

 ( which is not ufual upon any other occafion ) conti- 

 nuing- 



