NORTH AMEPvICA. 
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CHAP. III. 
Of their Drefs, Feqfts and Dhertifiements. 
THE youth of both fexes are fond of decorating 
themfelves with external ornaments. The men 
ihave their head, leaving only a narrow crefl or 
comb, beginning at the crown of the head, where 
it is about two inches broad and about the fame 
height, and Hands frizzed upright ; but this ere ft 
tending backwards, gradually widens, covering the 
hinder part of the head and back of the neck : the 
lank hair behind is ornamented with pendant filver 
quills, and then jointed or articulated filver plates ; 
and ufually the middle fafcicle of hair, being by far 
the longeft, is wrapped in a large quill of filver, or 
the joint of a fmall reed, curioufly fculptured and 
painted, the hair continuing through it terminates 
in a tail or tafleh 
Their ears are lacerated, feparating the border 
or cartilaginous limb, which at firft is bound round 
very clofe and tight with leather firings or thongs, 
and anointed with frefh bear's oil, until healed : a 
piece of lead being fattened to it, by its weight ex- 
tends this cartilage an incredible length, which 
afterwards being craped, or bound round in brafs 
or filver wire, extends femicircularly like a bow or 
crefcent ; and it is then very elaftic, even lb as to 
fpririg and bound about with the lead motion or 
flexure of the body; this is decorated with foffc 
white plumes of heron feathers. 
A very curious diadem or band, about four 
inches broad, and ingenioufly wrought or woven, 
and c.uiriouflv decorated with Hones, beads, 
wampum, porcupine quills, &c, encircles their 
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