and pour it over their fhoulders down their 

 backs. This is pra&ifed both by the men and 

 the women, and is one of their moft frequent 

 methods of bathing. 



Another mark of cleanlinefs alfo prevails 

 among them which was lefs to be expe&ed ; 

 viz. that of paying great attention to their teeth. 

 The chew-ftick which is here employed for 

 cleaning the teeth is far more in ufe among 

 the negroes, than the tooth brufh among the 

 lower claffes of people in England. 



Our adroit negro, amidft his many gam- 

 bols in the water, dived often to the bottom of 

 the fea, and brought up a handful of fand. 

 With this rough dentifrice he foundly fcrubbed 

 his teeth, and by way of effence to wafh it 

 off, plunged down, for another handful, with 

 his mouth wide open ; thus, alternately, 

 repeating the rubbing, and fea water waft- 

 ing, until he felt that his pearls were duly cou- 

 trailed with his ebon countenance. 



