3 50 Mr* WAFERS "Defcription 



Men The Men go ordinarily quite naked, without fo 



naked. much as a Clout about them, which few other In- 

 dians are without. But thefe have only a fmall Vef- 

 fel of Gold or Silver, if they are able, or at leaft a 

 Piece of Plantain-leaf, of a Conick Figure, like the 

 Conick Extinguifher of a Candle. They forceably bear 

 Veflel. back the Penis within its own Tegument, clofe to 

 the Tubes ; and they keep it there with this Funnel 

 tied hard upon it with a String coming from it, and 

 going about their Waifts, They leave the Scrotum 

 expos'd, having no Senfe of Shame with Reference 

 to that, as they have with Refpe£t to the Penis 9 

 Modefly which they never fliew uncover' d : But the Men will 

 of both turn away their Faces even from one another, if by 

 Sexes. an y Accident it be uncovered ; and when they 

 would make Water, they turn their Backs to their 

 Companions, and fquatting downflip off* the Funnel 

 with one Hand, and having done, put it on again 

 very nimbly. When they Would go to Stool, they 

 choofe always to go into the River, both Men or 

 Women ; having a great Senfe of Shame as to that 

 particular : And in general, they are both a modeft 

 and a cleanly People. 

 TheMen's Yet the Men alfo have a Value for Cloaths, and if 

 Robes, on any of them had an old Shirt given him by any of 

 particular us ^ h e WO uld be fure to wear it, and ftrut about at 

 ccaions no ordinary Rate. Befides this they have a Sort of 

 long Cotton Garments of their own, fome white, 

 others of a rufty black, fliap'd like our Carter's 

 Frocks, hanging down to their Heels, with a 

 Fringe of the fame of Cotton about a Span long, 

 and fhort, wide, open Sleeves, reaching but to the 

 Middle of their Arms. Thefe Garments they put 

 on over their Heads but they are worn only on 

 fome great Occafions, as attending the King or 

 Chief, either at a Feaft, a Wedding efpecially ; or 

 fitting in Council, or the like. They don't march 

 in them : But the Women carry thefe and their o- 



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