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WOMEN OF OBBO. 
[chap. VIII. 
and, instead of wearing the leather apron and tail of 
the Latookas, they are contented with a slight fringe 
of leather shreds, about four inches long by two broad, 
suspended from a belt. The unmarried girls are 
entirely naked; or, if they are sufficiently rich in 
finery, they wear three or four strings of small white 
beads, about three inches in length, as a covering. 
The old ladies are antiquated Eves, whose dress con¬ 
sists of a string round the waist, in which is stuck a 
bunch of green leaves, the stalks uppermost. I have 
seen a few of the young girls that were prudes, indulge 
in such garments; ■ but they did not appear to be 
fashionable, and were adopted faute de mieux. One 
great advantage was possessed by this costume,—it 
was always clean and fresh, and the nearest bush (if 
not thorny) provided a clean petticoat. When in the 
society of these very simple and in demeanour always 
modest Eves, I could not help reflecting upon the 
Mosaical description of our first parents, “ and they 
sewed fig-leaves together.” 
Some of the Obbo women were very pretty. The 
caste of feature was entirely different to that of the 
Latookas, and a striking peculiarity was displayed in 
The finely-arched noses of many of the natives, which 
strongly reminded one of the Somauli tribes. It 
was impossible to conjecture their origin, as they 
