In Native Homes 
rarely escape to the interior on that account. 
The fugitive is compelled to follow the roads 
leading through the towns and the gate keepers 
recognize them by their face marks and their 
scanty outfit, and they are captured and returned 
to their masters. For this reason also fugitives 
from justice rarely escape. Gate keepers are 
thoroughly posted in this kind of lore and they 
know the nationality of every one passing 
through their gates. 
The female toilet is better suited to conven¬ 
ience than to display. It consists of one or more 
cloths fastened around the waist, one thrown 
over the shoulders, and a turban, all of the same 
material, generally cotton cloth. Except in cold 
weather, the shoulder cloth is passed around the 
body just under the armpits and securely tucked 
on one side or the other. The cloths around the 
waist extend to the knee on one side and to the 
ankle on the other and are skillfully tucked over 
the hip. One of the cloths around the waist is 
used for the baby’s hammock or basket, and 
here it laughs, coos and sleeps as happy as can 
be, suspended from its mother’s back or riding 
on her hip with her loving arm for a support. 
Both sexes blacken the margin of the eyelids 
with pulverized sulphuret of antimony, and the 
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