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colours produces a good efFe£t, and is very 
becoming. 
When the weather Is exceffivelj hot, the 
men lay afide every part of their drefs that Is 
fuperfluous, and retain only what they name 
: their jacka/s. This Is a piece of the Ikin of 
the animal fo called, with which they cover 
what nature bids them conceal, and which 
is fattened to their girdle. This veil how- 
ever, negligently arranged, may be confider- 
ed as an ufelefs appendage, and is of very 
little fervice to their modefty. 
The women, much fonder of drefs than 
the men, employ more care In adorning their 
perfons. They wear a krofs like the latter, 
but the apron which conceals their fex is 
larger than thofe of the Hottentots. During 
the great heats, they retain only this apron, 
with a ik'm which defcends, behind, from 
their girdle to the calf of the leg. 
Young girls, below the age of nine years, 
go perfeftly naked; when they attain to that 
age, they wear nothing but a fmall apron. 
I (hall foon return to other peculiarities 
by which this nation are diftlngulflied, for I 
have not yet done with them. 
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