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Wood, gnaw'd at the End to the Sofcnefs of a 

 Brufh, So lay'd on they will laft fome Weeks, and 

 are renew'd continually. This way they painted 

 me. 



But finer Figures, efpecially by their greater Ar- 

 tifts, are imprinted deeper, after this Manner. 

 They firft with the Brufh and Colour make a rough 

 Draft of the Figure they defign ; then they prick 

 all over with a fharp Thorn till the Blood gufhes Pricking 

 out ; then they rub the Place with their Hands, fi r ft lheSkin v 

 dipp'd in their Colour they defign ; and the Pifture 

 fo made is indelible : But fcarce one in forty of them 

 is painted this way. 



One of my Companions defired me once to get 

 out of his Cheek one of thefe imprinted Pictures* 

 which was made by the Negroes, his Name was Bull- 

 many which yet I could not effe&ually do, after 

 much fcarifying and fetching off a great Part of the 

 Skin. The Men when they go to War, paint the 

 Faces all over with red ; and the Shoulders, Breafts, 

 and the reft of the Bodies, here with black, and 

 there with yellow, or any other Colour at Pleafure, 

 in large Spots % all which they waih off at Night 

 in the River before they go to fleep. 



They wear ko Cloaths ordinarily ; but only the Womcns 

 Women have a Clout or Piece of Cloth about their Garb * 

 Middle, tied behind with a Thread, and hanging 

 down to their Knees or Ancles, if they can get one 

 large enough. They make thefe of Cotton ; but 

 fometimes they meet with fome old Cloaths got by 

 trucking with their Neighbouring Indians fubjed: to 

 the Spaniards \ and thefe they are very proud of. 

 Mr. Dampier relates how we prevailed with a morofe 

 Indian, by prefenting his Wife with a Sky-colour'd 

 Petticoat : And nothing will oblige the Women 

 more than to give them Cloaths, efpecially of gau- 

 dy Colours, 



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