FASHIONABLES FEMALE COSTUME. 317 
The pagan nations are generally very expert in 
this 
" dreadful art, 
To taint with deadly drugs the barbed dart." 
The younger and more fashionable Kailouees 
wear round their necks, and hanging down over their 
breast, a large necklace of charms sewn in leather 
bags. Some also wear a sort of cloth cap, called 
bakin zakee, of a green colour, round which they 
bind the turkadee, or black turban. On this cap 
they also occasionally wear charms, done up in 
small metal boxes. Their camels are very fan- 
tastically dressed in leathern trappings. 
The great men, and indeed all those that can 
afford it, despise the simple Kailouee costume, and 
indulge in all the rich dresses which are so much 
liked byj the Moors of the coast, — burnouses, sha- 
sheeahs, turbans, veneeses, caftans, tobes of silk, 
&c. 
The dress of the women whom we see about is a 
simple cotton tobe, covering them from neck to 
heels. The colour of these tobes is generally blue- 
black, dyed with indigo; some are glazed with 
gum. Many, however, are white, and ornamented 
in front about the neck with silken embroidery, — a 
costume which gives them a very chaste and elegant 
appearance. Sometimes the tobes are variegated 
in colour, as are the trousers ; but the sombre, or 
pure white, are the most popular. 
