What are the finest Grecian statues to the living, moving, breathing men I saw daily around me?
The unrestrained grace of the naked savage as he goes about his daily occupations, or lounges at his ease, must be seen to be understood; and a youth bending his bow is the perfection of manly beauty.

The women, however, except in extreme youth, are by no means so pleasant to look at as the men.

Their strongly-marked features are very unfeminine, and hard work, privations, and very early marriages soon destroy whatever of beauty or grace they may for a short time possess.
Their toilet is very simple, but also, I am sorry to say, very coarse, and disgusting.

It consists solely of a mat of plaited strips of palm leaves, worn tight round the body, and reaching from the hips to the knees.

It seems not to be changed till worn out, is seldom washed, and is generally very dirty.