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and various articles. We spent about three or four 
hours on this day in visiting some of those districts, 
but did not see above half of them. All the Headmen 
came to us soon after our entering the place of public 
resort, took us to their houses, and treated us with 
thick milk, boiled wheat, or porridge made of ground 
wheat. 
At the house of one of the Headmen, who was most 
venerable in his appearance, his two young wives were 
preparing to attend the public diversions before our 
waggons. They sat together in the front of the house 
within the enclosure. The one was painting her body 
with stuff composed of red chalk, ground to a powder, 
and mixed up with grease. It was contained in a 
wooden bowl which stood at her side. This she 
spread on the palms of her hands, and rubbed it 
carefully over her skin. The other wife had black 
lead dust mixed with grease, which, put upon her hair, 
gave it a blue and sparkling appearance. Notwith- 
standing our being introduced to them, they went on 
with the process, and with the utmost composure, 
till it was finished. The husband though also painted 
red, yet from the figure of his person, the dignity and 
gravity of his countenance, the elegance of his fur 
robe, and various ornaments on his breast, had as 
noble an appearance as any person I recollect to have 
seen any where. His house was neat and clean, and 
his back yard had much of an English appearance. 
Indeed all the Headmen we saw looked well. 
