3S2 Mr. WAFERS Ttefcription 



but circular. It" goes through the Bridle of the 

 Nofe ; which many Times, by its Weight and long 

 Ufe, efpecially in Elder Women, it brings down 

 to the Mouth. 



Both Men and Women, at folemn Meals or 

 Feafts, when they wear their larger Plates or Rings, 

 take them out and lay them afide till they have 

 done Eating when rubbing them very clean and 

 bright, they put them in again. At other Times 

 ^hen they eat or drink, they content themfelves with 

 lifting up with the left Hand, if need be, the fmall 

 Plates or Rings they then wear, ( and the Womens 

 Rings are feldom fo fmall but they lie upon the 

 Lips ) while they ufe their Right in taking up the 

 Cup or feeding themfelves. And by the way, they 

 always make the chief ufe of their right Hands : 

 None of And I never perceiv'd a Left-handed Perfon among 

 them them. Neither the Plates nor Rings hinder much 

 de<f ^ ^eir Speaking, tho' they lie bobbing upon their 

 Lips. 



Ear pen- The King or Chief, and fome few of the great 

 dants. Ones, at extraordinary Times, wear in each Ear, 

 faflned to a Ring there, two large gold Plates, one 

 hanging before to the Breaft, and the other behind 

 on the Shoulder. They are about a Span long, of 

 an Heart-faihion fas that is commonly painted) with 

 the Point downward ; having on the upper Part a 

 narrow Plate or Label, about 3 or 4 Inches long, 

 by a Hole which it hangs to the Ring in the Ear. 

 It wears great Holes in the Ears by frequent Ufe. 

 Diadems I once faw Lacenta, in a great Council, wear a 

 of Gold, Diadem of Gold-plate, like a Band about his Head, 

 8 or 9 Inches broad, jagged at the Top like the 

 Teeth of a Saw, and lined on the Infide with a Net- 

 work of fmall Canes. And all the armed Men, 

 who then attended him in Council, wore on their 

 Heads fuch a Band, but like a Basket qf Canes, 

 and fo jagged, wrought fine, and painted very 



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