258 The Htftory of Book II. 



them who have no acquaintance with the Europeans ,commonly 

 wear about their necks Whittles made of the bones of their 

 enemies, and great chains made of the teeth of Agontys^ Ty- 

 gers, wild Cats,or little (hells bor'd through and fa ften'd toge- 

 ther with a thread of fine Cotton of a red or violet colour : 

 And when they would make the greateft (how they can, they 

 add to all this a kind of Caps, certain Bracelets, which they 

 fatten under their armpits, Scarfs, and Girdles of Feathers ve« 

 ry induftrioufly difpos'd together by a delightful intermixture, 

 which they fuflerto hang down over their (houlderi?, or from 

 the navel to the middle of the thigh. 



But the moft confiderable of all their Ornaments, are cer- 

 tain large Medals of fine Copper extreamfy well polifhed, with- 

 out any graving on them, which are made after the figure of a 

 crefcent 3 and enchac'd in fome kind of folid and precious.woods 

 thefe in their own language they call C&racolis; They are of 

 different largenefs, for there are fomefb fmall that they hang 

 them at their ears like Pendants, and others about the bjgnefs 

 of the palm of a mans hand, which they have hanging about 

 their necks,beating on their breafts : They have a great efteem 

 for thele Caracolis, afwell by rcafon the material whereof they 

 are made, which never contracts any ruft, glitters like Gold, 

 as that it is the rareft and molt precious booty they get in the 

 incurfions they make every year into the Coubtry of the Ar»u- 

 agues their Enemies 5 and that it is the livery or badge 0 where- 

 by the Captains and their Children are diftinguifti'd from the 

 ordinary fort of people : Accordingly thofe who have any of 

 thefe jewels make lb great account of them, that when they 

 die, they have no other inheritance to leave their Children 

 and intimate Friends .* Nay there are fome among them who 

 have of thefe Caraeolis which had been their Grandfathers, 

 wherewith they do not adorn themfelves but on extraordinary 

 occafions. 



The women paint the whole body, and adorn tbemfelves 

 much after the fame manner as the men do, excepting only 

 thofe differences we have mentioned before, and thai; they 

 wear no Crowns on their heads : There is this alfo particular- 

 ly obfervable in them, that they wearakind of buskins, which 

 fall no lower than the ankle : This fcirid of ornament is very 

 neatly wrought, and edg'd above; and below wit;h, a certain 

 intertexture of rulhesand cotton* which lying (height on the 

 calf of the leg makes it feem more full. 



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