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namental. She is a poor Woman who has 

 not fifteen or twenty. Pound weight upon 

 W^ ht ? her ; fome have thirty or .more $ and the 

 Men have commonly near twice as much 

 in weight as the Women, according as their 

 Strength is, and their Ability to conipafs 

 them. 



when When they are in the Houfe, or onHun- 

 - °-* n ° ting, or going to War, they wear none of 

 thefe Chains 5 but only when they would 

 appear in State, upon occafion of a Feaft, 

 Wedding, Council, or the like. As they 

 go to the place of Rendezvous, the Women 

 carry them for them, as they do their other 

 Trinkets, in Baskets 5 one at each end of a 

 Pole laid a-crofs the Shoulder. When they 

 come to the Place, they put them on, and 

 walk about 5 and fometimes will dance in 

 them 5 till with the Motion and Weight 

 they Sweat extreamly. When they fit down 

 to eat, they take them off till they have 

 done. 



The Children have only a few fmall 

 Chains 5 and a String or two of Beads or 

 Bugles they will put upon their very In- 

 fants* And the Women, befides thefe 

 Chains, have fometimes Bracelets about 

 womens their Arms, of a fmall quantity of the 

 Bracelets f ame Materials twifted feveral times about 

 !me* e ^oth Men anc ^ Women, when painted, and 

 fet out with all thefe Fineries, make no or- 

 dinary Figure. 



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