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THE BINPA OP JOHOBE, 
The body Is smaller and in general shorter than that of a Malay* 
but is handsomer and less heavy. But the great length of the trunk 
m proportion to the limbs sometimes destroys the effect of the slighter 
and neater build. The chest is generally broad and full, and the 
shoulders narrower and less sloping than in Malays, I he pelvis is 
not so broad andthe limbs in particular are lighter, neater, and often 
well shaped. They are almost all in excellent condition without be¬ 
ing to6 fat, although the softer sex has often a tendency to obesity. 
The comparative shortness of stature, and the smooth, rounded, sur¬ 
faces which the person presents throughout, in a large majority of the 
Binuas, add to the Bugis aspect which is often observable amongst 
them. 
Most of the preceding remarks may be extended to the Berrnuo 
tribes. 
Dress.—' The original dress of the males, to which a few indivi¬ 
duals whom I met are still restricted, is the chawat,—a narrow strip 
of cloth passing between the legs anti fastened round the waist, 
With these exceptions all were provided with the Malay slu&v*, ba~ 
ju j% sarong+, and saputangan§, or some of them, but often in so 
j agged a condition as to shew that they carried their wardrobes on 
their persons and were seldom able to renew them. With the excep¬ 
tion of one house, where the mistress lay in a corner and appeared to 
be, like her husbaand, totally destitute ot clothes, 1 found the women 
everywhere wearing a short sarong fastened at the waist or a little 
below it, and barely reaching to the knees, being in fact the half of a 
Malay sarong. This is the only garment which they possess, but in a 
few families, such as that of the Bintara of Boko, some of the fe¬ 
males wore the Malay baju. The hair is bound in a knot behind. 
From the great desire universally expressed for pretty sarongs, bajus, 
handkerchiefs and ornaments, we must do the Binua ladies the jus¬ 
tice to believe that they would willingly deck themselves in the full 
Malayan costume if they had the means. The only ornaments which 
they possess are plain brass rings and bracelets. Theii cais are 
pierced, but the orifice, which is of the diameter of a quill, is more 
often occupied by a roko, (a kind of small cigar) or a piece of cloth, 
than an earing. The Mintira females have wider perforations. r X hey 
are enlarged to the diameter of about half an inch by inserting a 
wooden pin or roll of pallas leaf, which is gradually increased till 
the desired width is acquired. Pendents are not worn, but many 
* Short trowers. t Jacket, t A sort of petticoat, § Headkcrchieb 
