figures. These narrow bands of tattooing, thus placed, always
reminded me of those stripes of gold lace worn by officers in
undress, and which are in lieu of epaulettes to denote their
rank.

Thus much was Fayaway tattooed. The audacious hand which had
gone so far in its desecrating work stopping short, apparently
wanting the heart to proceed.

But I have omitted to describe the dress worn by this nymph of
the valley.

Fayaway--I must avow the fact--for the most part clung to the
primitive and summer garb of Eden. But how becoming the costume!

It showed her fine figure to the best possible advantage; and
nothing could have been better adapted to her peculiar style of
beauty. On ordinary occasions she was habited precisely as I
have described the two youthful savages whom we had met on first
entering the valley. At other times, when rambling among the
groves, or visiting at the houses of her acquaintances, she wore
a tunic of white tappa, reaching from her waist to a little below
the knees; and when exposed for any length of time to the sun,
she invariably protected herself from its rays by a floating
mantle of--the same material, loosely gathered about the person.
Her gala dress will be described hereafter.

As the beauties of our own land delight in bedecking themselves
with fanciful articles of jewellery, suspending them from their
ears, hanging them about their necks, and clasping them around