178 DISCOVERIES OF THE FRENCH. 
ments in the hair, with gold bracelets and chains 
on the arms. They took great delight in shew- 
ing their hands, particularly the nails, which 
were long, and dyed red at the extremity. Their 
teeth were of a brilliant white, produced by the 
use of a particular species of wood. Brue re- 
ceived them with great politeness, and presented 
biscuits, prunes, and confections. After conver- 
sing for some time in a very sensible and agreeable 
manner, they began to sing, and made their Gui- 
riot dance. This personage performed her task 
with remarkable agility, but with a display of ges- 
tures so very indecorous, as greatly to scandalize our 
traveller. The two ladies then took their departure. 
Next day, the Brak himself again appeared, with 
his wife and three daughters, who sat down around 
him in very grotesque attitudes. While they were 
sitting, the arrival of Schamchi, chief of the Moors, 
was announced, to arrange the terms of the ap- 
proaching market. On discovering the Brak, he 
declined entering on business in his presence ; but 
no other mark of hostility took place. After the 
king's departure, a pretty sharp discussion arose 
respecting the terms on which the trade was to be 
conducted. Brue obtained some new advantages ; 
yet was obliged also, for the sake of peace, to abate 
somewhat of his first demands. It had been esta- 
blished, that, while the market lasted, the French 
should supply the Moors with provisions, of which 
