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They have a high Forehead , white even 

 Teeth, thin Lips, and Mouth moderately 

 large. Their Cheeks and Chin are well pro- 

 portion d $ and in general they are hand- 

 fomly feature^ but the Men more than the 

 Women. 



Both Sexes have (freight, long, bfockHair* 

 Hair, lank, courfe and ftrong, which they 

 wear ufually down to the middle of the 

 Back, or lower, hanging loofe at its full 

 length 5 only the Women tie it together 

 with a String juft behind the Head, below 

 which it flows loofe as the Mens. Both 

 Men and Women pride themfelves much in 

 the length of the Hair of the Head 5 and 

 they frequently part it with their Fingers, 

 to keep it difentangled 3 or comb it out with 

 a fort of Combs they make of Macaw-wood. Combs ©f 

 This Comb is made of feveral fmall Sticks, Maca * 

 of about five or fix Inches long, and tape- fticks * 

 ring to a point at each end like our Glovers 

 Sticks. Thefe being tied ten or twelve of 

 them together about the middle where they 

 are thick, the Extremeties of them both 

 ways open from each other, and ferve at 

 either end for a Comb : which does well e- 

 hough to part the Hair % but they are forc'd 

 to ufe their Fingers to fetch the Lice out of 

 their Heads. They take great delight in 

 combing their Hair, and will do it for an 

 Hour together. All other Hair, except that 

 pf their Eye-brows and Eye-lids, tliey era^ 

 ! dicate; 



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