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our noses. The first peculiarity about the women, 
which strikes the attention of a stranger, is the 
remarkable tightness of their dress about the 
breast, where the jacket is, from their early in¬ 
fancy, always kept so closely laced, as to be 
quite flat, which, while it must be a great in¬ 
convenience to them, entirely ruins their figure 
in the eyes of those who come from a more 
civilized part of the world. Their dress is not 
otherwise unbecoming, and, from its warmth, 
must be well suited to the coldness of this climate. 
Upon their heads, in their working, or common 
dress, they wear a blue woollen cap, with a long 
point, which hangs down by the side of the 
head, and is terminated by a tassel, nearly re¬ 
sembling such as is worn by many of our horse 
soldiers, in their undress uniform, and this tassel 
is often ornamented with silver wire. When 
they have this head-dress, their long and dirty 
hair is suffered to hang; over the shoulders to a 
great length; but not so, when the faldur , or 
dress-cap is worn: then the hair is carefully 
tucked up, so that none of it is seen. As, how¬ 
ever, I shall confine myself at present to the dress 
of those females whom I saw at work when I 
landed, I shall reserve my description of the 
turban, and of the dress of the richer people, till 
another opportunity* Over a great number, I 
cannot tell how many, of coarse woollen petticoats, 
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