YOUNG MEN OF FASHION. 
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It is made of various sizes between two and five inches in length, and 
was observed to be worn only by men of the richer order ; but never 
by women. 
Tdlldma or buttons, whether of European, or of Bichuana, 
manufacture, are much esteemed ; and those which are quite plain, 
are preferred to such as bear any stamped figure. They are employed 
in a variety of ways, as ornaments ; but never, as fastenings for their 
clothing : for this purpose, they find small thongs of goat-leather 
more useful, and more secure. 
Various parts of animals are viewed as ornamental ; and hares' 
tails appeared to be regarded as a great decoration to the head ; and 
the bladder of that, or of some small quadruped was often to be seen 
affixed to the hair. Of these latter there were most commonly more 
than one ; and sometimes six or more, were appended. Hair from 
the mane or the tail of the kokung, was often placed as a crest upon 
the crown of the head : and the tail of the kaama, or that of the 
Crescent-horned Antelope, with the hairs spread out and pressed flat, 
formed a very usual, and much admired, appendage to their leathern 
cloaks, in the manner shown by the engraving at page 529. ; in 
which, and in plate 10., may be seen a very common practice of 
ornamenting the edge of such cloaks with small holes. 
Young men, especially those of the richer class, are not without 
a desire of exhibiting tliemselves to the greatest advantage, and 
sometimes an affectation of peculiarity in dress or decoration, points 
out the aspiring youth of haut-ton. The two figures at the 
beginning of this chapter, represent the heads of two ^dandies' of 
Litakun. Their hair had lately been cut, and doubtlessly in the 
newest and most admired fashion. In that on the right, the lower 
part of the back of the head had been shaved, or rather, scraped, 
bare ; and two parallel and curved lines, also scraped bare, sur- 
rounded the head, and at their meeting behind, formed an angle : 
while the rest of the hair was left in its natural state, thick and 
woolly. They say that this operation of scraping is attended with 
pain, and I readily believed them when I saw the instrument with 
which it was performed ; a small piece of iron sharpened at the end 
