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and hospitable disposition. Their hair is long, black, 
and curling; their eyes quick and penetrating; and 
their foreheads broad and open, indicating a good 
share of intellectual capacity. 
The women are, generally speaking, handsome: 
their shape is slender and delicate, their skin soft and 
glossy, and their teeth white and regular. The 
greater part of them have azure eyes, the pupil of 
which is brown and sparkling. The married women 
are known by the manner of wearing the hair, which 
they twist up in form of a bouquet on the top of 
the head. The unmarried women, and girls, suffer 
theirs to flow negligently over the shoulders. 
The common dress of the men is simply a garment 
called a lamba, w hich is fastened round the middle, 
and reaches to the knees. This is made either of 
silk, cotton, or the filaments of the bark of the 
banana and several other trees. These latter are 
prepared by beating the bark in the same manner as 
we do hemp; it is then boiled in lye, and washed 
clean, and, when dry, twisted on spindles and wwen; 
it resembles a strong European linen, and is more 
durable than cotton. They are chiefly worn by 
slaves. Persons of note amongst them, ornament 
themselves with gold and silver chains, rings, brace¬ 
lets, earrings, necklaces, See.; and the dress of the 
chiefs on public days is splendid. On such occasions, 
they take great pains in oiling and curling the hair 
to make it lie close, and often spend as much time 
with the frizzeur, as one of our Bond-street beaux 
