1 1 4 Mr.- W A F E E\r Defcription 



the Men wear at all times a piece of 

 Plate hanging over their Mouths 5 genefally 

 of Silver, but the Principal Men have it of 

 Gold. Tis of an Oval Figure, covering 

 the Month from Corner to Corner $ and 

 this is the length of it. It reaches fo low 

 as to lye upon the Under-lip with it low- 

 eft fide and there is a piece cut out of 

 the upper-fide, near the Extremity of it $ 

 which Edge being cut affunder, the whole 

 Plate is like the Figure of a Half-moon, 

 only inclining more to an Oval ^ and gent- 

 ly pinching the Bridle of the Nofe with 

 its Points, it hangs dangling from thence. 

 It is in the middle of about the thicknefs 

 of a Guinea $ but grows thinner gradually 

 towards the Edge. The Plates of this fize 

 are fiich as they ufe when they go to a 

 Feaft or Council : But that which they wear 

 abroad upon a long Majch, Hunting, or 

 at ordinary times, is of the fame Shape, 

 but much frnaller, and does not cover their 

 Lips. Such an one I wore among them of 

 Gold. 



The Wo- Inftead of this Plate, the Women wear 

 RiiS. N)iea ^* n S hanging down in the fame, manner 5 

 and the Metal and Size alfo differing ac- 

 cording to their Rank, and the occafion. 

 The lager fort is of the thicknefs of aGoofe- 

 quill 5 and not Oval as the Men's Plate, 

 but Circular. It goes through the Bridle 

 of the Nofe $ which many times, by its 



weight 



