The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-08 00:00:00

' pains seem to be taken by :the women to aura&
notice towards this part of their persons. Large
Metal buttons, 'shells of the cyprta- genus with the
apertureS_outwards; or any Thing that makes a great
show, are fastened to the borders of: this apron.
Those. Who either cannot affo.pd .to wearglass beads,
or have :no taste for the fashion, wear an apron of a
Afferent sort, Which has a very odd appearance'; it
is.the skin.Of an animal cut into threads., :that hang
in a bunchbetween the thighs, reaching about -half
way._ to the knee ; the exterior and anterior parts of
the thigh are entirely bare. The threads 61ttich.
an apron are frequently too thin
,and few to answer
the 'purpose of concealment. Instead of the. tail
worn by the men„ the worn-qn have a sheep's skin
that, entirely covers the,posterior part of the body
from the waist to the calf of the leg, and just wide
enough to strike the exterior part of the thigh.*
The rattling of this hard and dry skin announces
the approach of a Hottentot Lady long before, -she'
makes her appearance. The rest of the body 'is
naked. Some, however, wear skin caps on their,
heads, made up into different `shapes, and ornament-
ed as caprice may direa. In the winter' months
both sexes cover themselves -with cloaks made of

. skins.
", The. custom-of greasing the body and wrap-
ping it in skins has been the constant theme .of
abuse against.this race •of people by those who have
written on the subjel. There are always two,
ways of representing things, .and unfortunately for
the pOor Hottentot-his' charaCter has been painted in
the worst light. To cover the body
,with some
untquous matter in a, hot climate where water was r
extremely scarce, was •a, very natural resource to
prevebt the skin from being shrivelled and ptrehed
by' the scorching rays. -of the sun; and has been
adopted by most nations situated in 'or near the.
torrid zone. • ' The oil that ran so profusely down
" Aaron's beard even to the skirts of his garnent,"
was, in all probability, -.animal fat ; for during'the
forty- years that he and Moses occupied the Children
of. Israel in the desert with a. promised land, it -is
not-very likely they had a supply of-vegetable oil ;
and thougli some late -Celebrated historical painters
have clothed these leaders of the Children of Israel
in high coloured garments trimmed with fringe and
lace; it may be doubted they
.had any other
clothing than such asthe'skins of. their sheep, and
calves,and goats, supplied them with. If the prac-
tice of smearing the body with fat were adopted in
South -America, there would not_ probably be such
numbers of objefts in the streets of Rio de -Janeiro
labouring under that Most disgusting api dreadful
disorder the elephanti6is. The Hotten:ots knoW
nothing of such a complaint ; nor- did I perceive_
that any kind of cutaneous disease- was prevalent •
among them.

• 64 The person of a Hottentot, while young, is by
no means void of, symmetry. They are clean-
limbed, well-proportioned, and erea. Their joints,
hands, and feet are remarkably , small. No, protu-
berance of muscle to indicate strength ; hut a body
delicately formed. as that of a woman marks the in-

aelive and effeminate mind of a 'Hottentot. The
face trerierat.' extremely ugly ; but this differs
very materially in different families, partic4larly
in the nose, some of Which are remarkably flat, and
others considerably raised. The coloUr of the eye.
is a deep chesnut :- they are Very lOng and narrow,
removed to a grey distance from each other ; and
the eye-lids at the extremity next the nose, instead
of forming an angle, as in Europeans, are rounded-
into each other exaCtly like those of the Chinese,
to Whom indeed in many other points. they bear a
physical, resemblance that is sufficiently striking.
The cheek-bones are high and prominent, and -with
the narrow-pointed chin form nearly a triangle.
Their teeth are beautifully white. The
.colour of
the skin is that of a yellowiSh brown
.or a faded
leaf, but very different from the sickly hue of a
person in the jaundice, which it has_been described
to resemble. The hair is of a very singular nature
it does not cover she whole surface of the scalp,
but grows in small tufts
.at certain distances from
each other; and, 'when kept short, has the appear-
ance and feel of a-hard shoe-brush, with this diffe-
rence,;that it is curled and twisted into small round
lumps about the size.of a Marrow-fat pea. Wheil
suffered -to grow, it hangs in the neck in hard twist-
ed tassels like fringe.
" Some, of the women, when young,- and previ-
ous to child-bearing, might serve as models of per-
ledion in the human figure. Every joint and limb
is rounded and well turned; and their whole body
is without an angle or disproportionate protuberance.
Their breast's are mind, firm, and distant ; but the
nipple is unusually large and surrounded by an areola
that is much elevated above . the general surface of
the breaSt. Their hands and feet are remarkably
small and delicately turned ; and in their gait they
ate not altogether devoid of grace. Their charms,
however, are very fleeting.

(To be continued. )

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