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metals were also worn on the legs above the ankles. Glass 
beads surrounded their necks ; and many of the men had 
porcupine quills stuck through the ear. Some few had a 
pair of the wings of the Numidian crane fastened one on 
each side of the head by a leather thong ; and others had 
cows' tails bound to the leg a little below the knee. 
Neither had the wives of the chiefs any distinction of dress 
from the rest of the women. They all wore caps, made of 
skins, sitting close to the head, and hanging behind, and down 
each side, in long divided flaps. Each seemed to have deco- 
rated their dress, without any fixed order, as caprice had sug- 
gested, or as their circumstances would allow. Small beads 
of copper, rings of iron, brass buttons, old knee-buckles, or 
whatsoever metallic material had fallen into their hands, 
found a place on some part of their dress. Some had a brass 
button stuck in one ear, and in the other a string of glass 
beads or a shell. They had no change of habit, but each 
carried her whole wardrobe about her person. Some had 
not fewer than fifty different strings of necklaces about the 
neck ; a number of rings round their legs and arms of 
copper and iron ; and on their calf-skin cloaks were stitched 
several rows.; from top to bottom, of old buttons, as various 
in shape, size, and fashion, as a button-makers card. Some 
had festoons of small cyprsea shells round their caps ; others 
had made them into bracelets and necklaces. Suspended 
from the neck most of them carried the shell of a small land 
tortoise, (the testudo pusilla,) which held a quantity of red 
ochre, and a thin piece of leather to rub it upon their faces. 
