of the Ifthmus of America.' isi 



handfomely, for the moft part red ; but not eover'd 

 over with a Gold-plate as Lacenta'% was. The Topaftd of 

 bf thefe was fet round with long Feathers, of feve-^^ 

 ral of the moft beautiful Birds ftuck upright in a t hers. 

 Ring or Crown : But Lacenta had no Feathers on 

 his Diadem. 



Befide thefe particular Ornaments there are yet o-chainsof 

 ther general ones, which they all wear. Men, Wo- Beads, 

 men and Children of 7 or 8 Years old, in Proporti-^ 

 on to their Age* Thefe are feveral Strings or 

 Chains of Teeth, Shells, Beads, or the like, hang- 

 ing from the Neck down upon the Breaft, and to 

 the Pit of the Stomach. The Teeth-chains are' cu- their 

 rioufly made with Teeth jagged like a Saw in feve-S reatMen ? 

 ral Rows, fo contrived as that the Prominences of 

 the one Row wAy lie in the Notches of the other* 

 and look like one folid Mafs of Bone. This was 

 worn only by Lacenta^ and lome few of the princi- 

 pal Men, on particular Occafions \ and they put them 

 on over the reft of their Beads. We us'd to call 

 thefe Tygers-teeth, though I know not for what T y? ers -] 

 Reafon, for I never faw any fuch Creature there : teetIlu 

 Yet I have been informed there are Tygers on theTygers 

 Continent. Some of our Men who crofs'd the Ijth- the 

 Pius 9 told me, they killed one there 5 and at ano- mm * 

 ther Time, when we went over with Capt. Sharps 

 fome of the Men faid they faw a Tyger, who ftood 

 at a fmall Diftance, and ftar'd upon them. I have 

 heard alfo that there is a fmall Sort* but very fierce, 

 in the Bay of Campeachy. 



But for the reft of them, both Men and Women, The 

 they wear not any Teeth, but only a few fcattering.|^' BS j 

 fometimes here and there in the Chains among the ma< j e '. 

 ireft of the Baubles. Each of them has, it may be > 

 about the Neck 3 or 400 Strings of Beads, Shells, 

 or the like, but thefe divided into 7 or 8 Ranks ; 

 and the Strings of each, by being turn'd a little a- 

 bout one another, make, as it were, fo many 



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