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Show - T '. CHAP V L T - i 20 pam oo T : - e ge= - ek s R L P o <o ; S (g ‘ A General Deferiptiof Of the FOR M SHAPE s#¢d M AKE of the BO Y of CLOATHS and the Fafbio HE Chiuefes, for the gre ter part of them, are alm f a Complexion as the People o h indeed {om who live in the Souther Countries, fomewhat nea the Line are f with the heat of the Sun that they becomé of 2 warthy colour of their Beards, thoug thin and (ho White o of the fcorcbed The Hai very fiff, harfh, and lanc long before it appears , an {o thata Man of thirty y ars Age there, looksas one of twenty in Europe a This Hair, as alfo tha of the Head, i Black, whic they wear of a reafonable l ngth : but if any happen t have Red Hair, whic 5 {eldom feen, it is a difcre ic to wear the fame long fomewhat Jong, yet inclinin Their Eyes are little to round, black of colons. T not rifing very high, but t argeft fize; bur in the othe partsof the Face, they differ v ry little or nothing from tho e of Enrope Defcription reaches not aj pacts of China, for in fome laces the people hav flar, and almoft tour-fquare Fac s. In the Provinces of Quan nng and Quangf the greateft number haye upon he little Toe, two Nails : and t 1s common with thofe of Couc inchina; the reafon whereof h ply might be, tha they had formerly on each foot fi Toes All the Women are fhort, an low of Stature, and their chi feft Beauty (a they imagine) confifts in the fma lnefs of their Feet; and theref re when the are young, they bind and (wat their Feet » to keep them from rowing to thei natural bignefs ; and by that mea s they, become generally very fm ll 15 not all the care, for they ar taught very young, that it is principal part o modefly to keep within doors, nd not to be feen frequently a road in th ftreets; and therefore they acc unt it, efpe Honour, a grea e to appear openly inthe firee s ; yet they are brought up to D nce, Sing and Play Mufically upon {uch Infi uments asare in ufe amo They are for the moft part Han {ome, Complaifant ceedin beau gft them and Ingenious, and ex y of Body all other Heathenith W mplexion tendg to Whitenefs, with Brown Ey s5 all their natural Beauties and pe uliar Excellencies, they fet off with Gold an Painting. But among all the reft the hav this one fingle humour proper t themfelves, that they never pare t e Nails o their left hand; and I my felf faw a entlewoman at Peking, who wore a C made of Reedsabout her ingers,t preferve her Nails from breaking Such asar richare tenderly Educated, obfe ve fet times of eating and drink ng, but wit preat moderation, being flint d to a meafuge which they muf not exceed ; an by this firi& manner of living, mo t of them grow very {lender and h ndfome Heretofore both Men and Wo long Hair upon their Heads never permitting it to be cut, on y the youth of both Sexes cut ff all theirs, bu one Lock upon the Crown, till hey were fifteen years of Age to let it grow til] they came to be wenty , at which time they put o the Viril Hat ; and all the time befor -mentioned, they wore it as he Antient Greeks, o Medern Englifh, hanging do n about their Ears ; but the they tyed it up, an wor |