of the Ifthmus of America. i \ \ 



their Hands, firft dipp'd in their Colour , 

 they defigii} and the Picture fo made is in 

 indelible : But fcarce one in forty of them 

 is painted this way. 



One of my Companions defired me once 

 to get out of his Cheek one of thefe im- 

 printed Pictures, which was made by the 

 Negroes, his Name was Bullman 5 which 

 yet I could not effectually do, after much 

 fcarifying and fetching cfFa great part of the 

 Skin. The Men when they go to War, 

 paint the Faces all over with Red and 

 the Shoulders, Breafts, and the reft of 

 the Bodies, herewith Black, and therewith 

 Yellow, or any other Colour at Pleafure, 

 in large Spots ^ all which they warn off 

 at Night in the River before they go to 

 fleep. 



They wear no deaths ordinarily * but women 

 only the Worn* a have a Clout or piece of Garb. 

 Cloth about their rndidle, tied behind with 

 a Thread, and hanging down to their 

 Knees or Ancles, if they can get one large 

 enough. They make thefe of Cotton • but 

 fometimes they meet with fome oldLCIoaths 

 got by trucking with their Neighbouring 

 Indians fubject to the Spaniards 5 and 

 thefe they are very proud of Mr. Dam- 

 pier relates how we prevaifd with a morofe 

 Indian, by prefenting his Wife with a 

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