AFRICA. ' ^ 
and fo condefcending, I could fcarcely believe 
that To great a difference could exift at fo fmall 
a dlftauQe. 
My people, accuftomed to the familiarity of 
the latter, were difpleafed with this feverity ; 
and the facrifice tbey were obliged to make on 
that account feemed the more painful, as the • 
Kabobiqya women were much prettier even 
than the Nimiquas. 
Young girls, who in general among fa- 
yages have not the fame decency of condud: 
as their mothers^ becaufe, not being under the 
fame obligations, they enjoy rnpre liberty, were 
here equally modeft and referved. They 
fliowed? indeed, that fportlvenefs peculiar to 
their age, and which added to their charms; 
but it was the fportlvenefs of innocence. When 
the dance was finifhed, and their parents re- 
tired to the kraal, they all fet out along w^ith 
them, not one even remaining behind in my 
camp. 
Whether fi'om refinement of coquetry, or 
the effed of prudence, the Kabobiqua women 
do not tattoo their faces like their hufbands 
^nd fathers. They do not even follow their 
e.^ample, in ornamenting their hair with cop- 
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