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any recognized makers of clothes P 8. How do they rank? 
9. Is there any thing which corresponds to what we term u fa- 
shion ” ? 10. Of what materials are the clothes chiefly made ? 
11. Are they native or imported? 12. Are the clothes much 
shaped or simple wrappers ? 13. How are the latter folded ? 
14. Is there any difference between the indoor and out-of- 
door clothing ? 15. Are any portions of clothing removed on 
saluting or visiting a superior ? 16. How are the garments put 
together ? 17. If sewn, have the needles eyes ? or is the thread 
passed through a hole previously made? 18. What kind of 
thread is used ? 19. Do clothes descend from parents to chil¬ 
dren ? or are they burned with the individual who wore them, 
or otherwise destroyed ? 
Head. —20. Do the natives wear any kind of head-covering ? 
and is it for ornament or protection from the sun or weather ? 
21. Are there any ornaments attached to their hats, caps, or 
turbans ? 22. Are any sunshades worn (South Seas) ? 
Body. —23. Are the clothes shaped to the body, or loose ? 
24. Is the body entirely or partially covered ? 25. Is any spe¬ 
cial garment worn to keep off the rain ? 26. In what way do 
the natives cover their nakedness ? 27. Do they wear the maro 
of the Polynesians, the wrapper of the Melanesians, the cases 
of South Africa, or the string of some tribes in South America ? 
28. Do the natives attach any ideas of indecency to the absence 
of such partial clothing ? 29. What is the corresponding dress 
of the women ? 30. At what age do the two sexes adopt such 
articles of dress ? 
Arms and Feet. —31. Are any gloves worn ? 32. Of what 
materials are they made ? 33. Are there any coverings to the 
feet ? 
No. LXL— PERSONAL ORNAMENTS. 
By A. W. FPtANKS, Esq., F.R.S. 
1. Are any ornaments worn as symbols of rank or station in 
society, or to denote virginity ? 2. Are any especially confined 
to the principal chief? and is there any penalty on their being- 
assumed by others? 3. Are any special ornaments used by 
either of the sexes in dances, religious or other feasts, &c. ? 
