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condud, together with a kifs ravifhed now and then in 
the moft public manner and fituations, is not only pleafing 
to the fair one, but even to her parents, if prefent ; and 
is confidered by all parties as an a6t of the greateft gal- 
lantry and gaiety. In fadl, the Dutch ladies here, from 
a peculiar gay turn, admit of liberties that may be thought 
reprehenfible in England; but perhaps as feldom overftep 
the bounds of virtue, as the women of other countries. 
During my relidence on fhore, whenever I heard of 
any Hottentots being in town, I made a point of endea- 
vouring to get a fight of them, in order to fee whether 
their manners and appearance correfponded with the 
defcription given of them by travellers ; fuch as being 
befmeared with greafe, and decorated with the ftinking 
entrails of animals ; on which they likewife, when prefled 
by hunger, are faid to feed. 
I faw many of the men, without being able to make 
any other remarks on them, than that they were thin, 
of rather a low flature, but formed for aftivity : and 
further, that their hair, which was fhort and woolly, 
as well as their whole bodies, was bedaubed with fome 
unduous or greafy fubfiance, which was very ofFenfive. 
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