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Bugitif^s© and Miicassar traders also ciirry on a considerable 

 tmlEc in islaves, bringing tbem from Halmaheira and the cotists 

 of liorneo and Celebes. In this way also may be iicconnted 

 for some of the ruce-mingling. 



The clothing of the men consists of a narrow T-almped loin- 

 cloth, with the ends which hang down in front decorated with red, 

 bhick antl white patchwork, and adorned with sections of cowrie- 

 shells and with beads. The women wear a short stirong (Malay 

 petticoat), artistically woven by themselves out* of the fibres of 

 the Aloan-palm {BommusjiahlliformMjj suspended by a broad 

 belt made from the stem of its leaf and fastened by afi elaborately 

 carved buckle of w<jod wkieh frequently in married women has 

 been the gift of her huisband at the time when her purchase-money 

 was agreed on, possibly a sort of engagement token. Armlets 

 eut from eomts shellfi, of bmsa, of ivory, or 

 of wood, carved like those worn by the iJill 

 Dyaks uf Borneo, are worn by both sexes ; 

 while the women have in addition toe-rings 

 and anklets of brtiss. Round the helix and 

 in the lobe of their ears the women wear a 

 graduateil series of silver or of gold lor- 

 lora or rings, which in the case of the men 

 is often so heavy as to break away the 



^ cartilage* The patterns of these ear orna- 

 ments are exceedingly chaste, especially 

 those carved out of bone, of ivory and 

 ebony combined, or of the tooth of the rare 

 and kighly-prized^dugong (Maltc&re). 



I Both sexes tattoo a few simple devices, 

 circles, stars and pointed crosses, on the breast, on the brow, on 

 the cheek, and on the wrists; and scar, with the utmost equani- 

 mity, their arms and shoulders with red hot stones in imitation 

 of smiUl-pox marks, as a charm that will ward oft', they think, 

 that disease, I did not, however, see any one variola-marked, 

 nor could I learn of an epidemic of the disease having appeared 

 among them. As it was considered by the women a mark of 

 beauty to have filed teeth, some of them had only a narrow 

 rim left protruding from their gums. 



The men spend a life of savage indolence or indulgence, 

 file women alone are alwayw busily oceiipied. In the morning, 



