Identifier: voyagetocochinch00barr (find matches)
Title: A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation
Year: 1806 (1800s)
Authors: Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848
Subjects: Voyages and travels Tswana (African people)
Publisher: London, T. Cadell and W. Davies
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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; and, likethese people, the universal custom of chewing areca andbetel, by reddening the lips and blackening the teeth, gi\esthem an appearance still more unseemly than nature in-tended. The dress of the women was by no means fascinat- 7
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C O C H IN C H IN A. 309 ing. A loose cotton frock, of a brown or blue colour, reachingdown to the middle of the thigh, and a pair of Ijlack nankintrowsers made very wide, constitute in general their commonclothing. With the use of stockings and shoes they are wholl yunacquainted; but the upper ranks wear a kind of sandalsor loose slippers. As a holiday dress, on particular occasions,a lady puts on three or four frocks at once, of difterentcolours and lengths; the shortest being uppermost. A wo-man thus dressed appears in the annexed print, which repre-sents a groupe of Cochinchinese and may be considered as afair specimxCn of their general appearance. Their long blackhair is sometimes twisted into a knot and fixed on the crownof the head, and sometimes hangs loose in flowing tressesdown the back, reaching frequently to the very ground.Short hair is not only considered as a mark of vulgarity, butan indication of degeneracy. The dress of the men has littleif any thing to distinguish it

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