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February. 
peans; and, in general, are not fo well made, efpeciallv 
about the limbs. This is, perhaps, the effedt of fitting, 
for the moft part, on their hams ; and of being confined, 
by the hilly difpofition of the country, from ufing that 
fort of exercife which contributes to render the body 
ftraight and well-proportioned. There are, however, feve- 
ral exceptions to this; and fome are remarkable for their 
large bones and mufcles; but few that I have feen are cor¬ 
pulent. 
Their colour is of different calls, from a pretty deep black 
to a yellowilh or olive tinge; and their features alfo are 
various, fome refembling Europeans. But, in general, their 
faces are round, with their lips full, and alfo their nofes 
toward the point; though the firfl are not uncommonly 
thick, nor the laft flat. I do not, however, recoiled! to 
have feen an inllance of the true aquiline nofe amongft 
them. Their teeth are commonly broad, white, and well 
fet; and their eyes large, with a very free motion, which 
feems the effedt of habit. Their hair is black, ftraight, 
and ftrong, commonly cut fliort on the hind part, with the 
reft tied on the crown of the head : but fome have it of a 
curling difpofition, or of a brown colour., In the young, 
the countenance is generally free or open ; but in many of 
the men it has a ferious caft, and fometimes a fullennefs or 
referve, especially if they are ftrangers. The women are, 
in general, fmaller than the men; but have few peculiar 
graces, either in form or features, to diftinguifh them. 
The drefs of both fexes is alike ; and confifts of an ob- 
long garment about five feet long, and four broad, made 
from the ftlky flax already mentioned. This feems to be 
their moft material and complex manufacture, which is 
executed by knotting ; and their work is often ornamented 
with 
