1 1 6 Mr, WAFE Ks Defection 



It wears great holes in the Ears by fre- 

 quent ufe. 



piadems I once faw Lacentd, in a great Council, 

 o*Goid, wear a Diadem of Gold-plate, like a Band 

 about his Head, eight or nine Inches broad, 

 jagged at the top like the Teeth of a Saw, 

 and lined on the infide with a Net-work 

 of froall Canes. And all the armed Men, 

 who then attended him in Council, wore 

 on their Heads fuch a Band, but like a Bas- 

 ket of Canes, and fo jagged, wrought fine, 

 and painted very handfomely, for the moft 

 part red $ but not cover d over with a Gold- 

 plate as Lacenta $ was* The top of thefe 

 was fet round with long Feathers, of fe- 

 tnd of vera i 0 f tfoe nioft beautiful Birds, ftuck up- 

 and Fea- right in a Ring or Crown : But Lacen >t a had 

 tliers. no Feathers on his Diadem, 

 chains of Befide thefe particular Ornaments there 

 Beads, are yet other general ones, whidi they all 

 & c * wear, Men, Women and Children of feven 

 or eight Years old, in proportion to their 

 Age. Thefe are feveral Strings or Chains 

 of Teeth, SheMs, Beads, or the like y hang- 

 their ing from the Neck down upon the Breaft, 

 and to the Pit of the Stomach. The Teeth- 

 chains are curioufly made with Teeth jag- 

 ged like a Saw in feveral Rows, fo con- 

 trived as that the Prominencies of the one 

 Row may lie in the Notches of the other, 

 and look like one folidMafsofBone. This 

 was worn only by Lacenta, and forae few 



