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which muft be made as (harp as poflible ; 
and this inftrument, which ferves to detach 
the hair, muft be managed with great pre- 
caution. It is not fufficlent to fhave the 
hair, it is neceflary that it fhould be pulled 
out by the roots ; and that it bring the epi- 
dermis along with it, without damaging the 
texture of the ftiin. This work of patience 
requires extraordinary fkiU and a great deal 
of time. A Gonaqua, I again repeat it, has 
no other clothes but his krofs and his jackal ; 
land he always goes bareheaded, unlefs the 
weather be rainy or cold : in fuch cafes, he 
wears a cap made of leather. He ornaments 
his hair with a few glafs beads, or affixes a 
plume of feathers to it. I have feen fome 
who fubftituted, in the place of this decora- 
tion, fmall bits of leather cut into different 
forms ; and others, when they kill fmall 
birds, blow up the bladder, and faften it like 
a tuft over their foreheads. 
All in general ufe fandals, which they 
tie with leather thongs : they ornament alfo, 
but with lefs profufion than the women, their 
legs and arms with ivory bracelets, the white- 
nefs of which affords them muoh pleafure ; 
but they do not however value them fo highly 
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