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difFerent. In general I obferved great pro* 
penfity to ornaments among the lefs Nimi- 
qiias ; for their kroffes and all their garments 
were plentifully covered with glafs and copper 
beads, ftrung on threads, and faflened on every 
part of their drefs. They even wore them in 
their hair, which was plaiflered with greafe in 
the moft difgufting manner. Many had their 
heads covered with a reddifh Incruftation, com- 
pofed of greafe and a powder refembling brick- 
duft, with which their hair was fo pafted to- 
gether, that you would have fworn it to be a 
cap of red mortar. Thofe who had it in their 
power to difplay this luxury of drefs were as 
proud as are our petits-mmtres^ when they can 
ihake a head loaded with powder, perfume, and 
pomatum. The nuyp^kros^ or fhort apron, of 
the women w^as adorned with rows of glafs 
beads hanging down to their feet : in other 
refpeds they were drefled like the Hottentots, 
whom I have already mentioned. Mats being 
very fcaice in this canton, as it is deftitute • of 
reeds, moft of the huts were covered with 
fldns of different animals, but chiefly thofe of 
the fheep and ox. 
The country of the lefs Nimiquas i% a ftran- 
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