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FEMALE ORNAMENTS. 
[1820. 
who possessed an uncommon number of beads, 
&c. and seemed to be proud of them, being- 
anxious to have them seen by others ; nor is 
there any reason to doubt but that the men are 
actuated by similar feelings. I counted fifteen 
rows of beads round the neck of a young female, 
whose father had introduced her as his daughter. 
He told us she had come from a distant part of 
the town to see us. Each row was as thick as 
my middle finger. She had five similar rows on 
each arm above the elbow, smaller rows round 
the wrists, and copper ones on her legs. She 
wore a tanned skin cloak ; her woolly head was 
plentifully covered with sparkling powder, and 
her skin with red paint. 
