62 T R A V E L S I N 
A Gonaqua man beftows much lefs atten- 
tion on drefs than the women. It has been 
ilild that in winter they wear their krofs with 
the woolly fide innermoft, and that in hot 
weather they turn it. This indeed is pof- 
fible, and very indifferent in itfelf ; but it 
however does not prevent them from hav- 
ing one in fummer abfolutely free from wool, 
the preparation of which cofts a great deal 
of trouble. I have remarked that the Gona- 
quas are taller than the Hottentots of the 
colonies, and that their krolTes are made of 
calves Ikins. One of thefe fkins is feldom 
fufficient ; and they generally make it larger 
by adding to each fide a piece which they 
ftitch to it v/ith thread made of inteftines. 
This fewing is executed in the fame manner 
as that of fhoemakers^ and, to form the holes, 
thefe favages employ an awl of iron, when they 
can find it; but, when they can not, they ufe one 
made of bone : thofe made of the leg bone of 
an oftrich, which is the hardeft they knovi^, 
are thofe upon which they fet the higheft 
value. There are two methods of freeing a 
krofs from hair : when the animal has been 
newly flayed, and while the (kin is ftill frefli, 
they only roll it up with the hair inwards, 
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