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which they wear out of doors to guard them 
from the sun,, make them appear still more 
ugly than nature has formed them. There is 
a kind of bonnet very commonly worn, which, 
in particular, disfigures them amazingly ; it is 
made with a caul, fitting close on the back part 
of the head, and a front stiffened with small 
pieces of cane, which projects nearly two 
feet from the head in a horizontal direction. 
To look at a person at one side, it is necessary 
Tor a woman, wearing a bonnet of this kind, 
to turn her whole body round. 
In the upper parts of the country, towards 
the mountains, the women are totally different, 
having a healthy comely appearance. • 
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