104 Mr. WAFE R'i* Description 



Of the Indim I N H A B I- 



T A NT S * ^?ir Manner s ? 

 Cufioms, &c. 



jw^n in- ' § ''HE Indian Inhabitants of the Jfihmuf 

 habitants. are not ver y r , um erous , but they 



live thickeft on the North-fide, efpecially 

 along the fides of Rivers. The wild Indi- 

 ans of the South-fide live moft towards Pe- 

 ru : But there are Indians fcatter'd up and 

 down all parts of the Ifibntus, 

 Their sta- Thefize of the Men is ufually about five 

 siije. or fix Foot. They are (freight and clean- 

 limb'd, bjg-bon'd, full-bteafted and hand- 

 fomly fhap'd. I never faw among them a 

 crooked or deformed. Perfon. Theyare ve- 

 ry nimble and a&ive, running very well. 

 But the Women are thort and thick, and 

 not fo lively as the Men. The young Wo- 

 men' are" very plump and fat, well-lhap'd, 

 and have a brisk Eye. The elder Women 

 are very ordinary 5 their Bellies and Breads 

 being penfile and wrinkled. Both Men and 

 Features. Women are of a round Vifage, with fliort 

 bottle Nofes 5 their Eyes lage , generally 

 Grey, yet lively arid fparkling when young, 



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