i66 TRAVELS 
tenance, with an air of aftonifliment truly 
laughable. 
From this Gonformation of the nofe, a Hou-» 
zouana, when feen in profile, is the reverfe of 
handfome, and confiderably refembles an ape. 
When beheld in front, he prefents, on the firft 
view, an extraordinary appearance, as half the 
face feems to be fore-head. The features, 
however, are fo expreffive, and the eyes fo 
large and lively, that, notwithftanding this 
fingularlty of look, the countenance is tole- 
rably agreeable. 
As the heat of the climate in which he lives 
renders clothing unneceflary, he continues 
during the whole year almoft entirely naked, 
having no other covering than a very fmall 
jackal- fkin faflened round his loins by two 
thongs, the extremities of which hang down to 
his knees. Hardened by this conftant habit of 
nakednefs, he becomes fo infenfible to the va-^- 
riations of the atmofphere, that, when he re^ 
moves frorn the burning fands of the level 
country to the fnow and hoar-froft of his 
mountains, he feems indifferent to and not 
even to feel the cold. 
