In the twinkle of an eye these brought in pigeons they had killed. A fat dog which had been 'very expertly skinned with shells, was laid also on the 'fire. Other preparations were, likewise made for Hudson's good entertainment, but as he did not intend to pass the night there, he did not profit by them ; notwithstanding the Indians broke their arrows and cast them into the fire so that Hudson may rid himself

Their food.

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ofall fear. The clothing of the Vew Netherlanders

Clothing of the New ig most sumptuous. The women ornament themselves more than the men. . And although the

winters are very severe, they go naked until their thirteenth year ; the lower parts of the girls' bodies only are covered. All wear around the waist a girdle made of the fin of the whale or of seawant. The men wear between the legs a lap of duffels ' cloth, or leather, half an ell broad and nine quarters Jong ; so that a square piece hangs behind over the buttocks and in front over the belly. The women wear a petticoat down midway the leg, very richly ornamented with seawant so that the garment sometimes costs three hundred guilders. They also wrap the naked body in a deer's skin, the tips of which swing with thin points. A Jong robe fastened on the right shoulder with a knot, at the waist by a girdle, serves the men and women for an upper ornament, and by night for a bed cover. Both go, for the most part, bare headed. The women bind their hair behind in a plait, over which they draw a square cap thickly interwoven with seawant. They decorate the ornaments for the forehead with the same stuff.