OF THE J-FWOSQTO INDIANS. 19$
 women aat in the habit ofdecbuttiei thei
 persons with a profusion of beads, to
 which species of finery they are ptti
 sionately attached, and very commonly
 paint theit faMe and neck with a kidd
 of ted oehrie, which is -found in thei
 country. Their children go eOntrelY
 naked; and, when young, are always
 borne onthe back of the mother. Among
 these people, all the offices of domestic
 kind are exclusively performed by the
 female: the male would be degraded by
 such services.
 Thegovernment of the Mosquit6o In-
 dians is hereditary; and a tery exact and
 perfect idea of the British law of suc-
 cession is entertained by them. It is a
 subject which engages much of their at
 tention fromits having long been one of
 losetimitation amongst themselves. In.
 deed, it wotid perhaps be found, that
many points of our doctrine of primo-