5i 
1671 ] of the Island Dauphine , &c. 
much for the Company & Monsieur Mondevergues as for 
the Sieur Desbrosses. He sent also fifty fine chosen Oxen 
to Monsieur de Champmargou, & gave some Blacks to 
bring these animals to the French headquarters. 
From Fort Dauphin to la Hayfouchy’s home ’tis more 
than one hundred & fifty leagues by land. He had for a 
long time Frenchmen with him; & he often sent some of 
his people as an embassy to the French at Fort Dauphin, 
with presents. 
All the Natives of the said Island are not very black in 
body; numbers of them are tawny-colour’d & mulattoes ; 
they are very well made. 
The men go naked, except that their privy parts are HaUU- 
hidden by a morsel of cloth or stuff, in breadth one mmt5 ' 
quarter, & of one ell & a half to two ells in length, which 
they gird around the loins, passing between their legs to 
cover their nakedness; they also cover themselves with 
robes of silk, or of cotton, or of cloth, each according to 
his condition or means. They adorn themselves with 
coloured Beads & glass Trinkets, with which they make 
fillets, which they put on their neck, arms & legs; those 
who are rich, carry collars of Coral, Samesam, Cornelians 
& gold beads; they put in their ears bits of wood, as 
large as the thumb, & very short; at the end of these 
pieces there are small plates of gold very neatly work’d ; 
they carry also on their arms Mannelers of gold & silver, 
of brass or tin. They go with the head naked & have their 
hair plaited in little knots in neat order. All these things 
become them very well. 
The women are cloth’d with a species of chemise of cloth 
or other stuff, a little open behind, without sleeves. This 
covers their throat to their waist, & scarfs of silk or cotton, 
which they put round their waist, covering them from thence 
to their feet in form of petticoats. The remainder of their 
ornament & head dress is the same as that of the men. 
