ufed to anoint their hair with butter, which, foon becoming rancid,
exhales no agreeable effluvia.
O f the M o r la c k : Women’s Dre/k
T h e drefc o f the Morlack women, is different in different
parts o f the country,, but it appears every where ftrange to an
Italian. T h a t o f the unmarried women is the mod complex and
whimfieal, in refpedl to the ornaments o f the head; for when
married1 they are not allowed to wear any tiling elfe but a han-
kerchidf; either white or coloured, tied about it. The girls ufe
a fcarlet cap, to which they commonly hang a veil falling down,
on the ihoulders, as a mark o f their virginity. The better fort
adorn their caps with firings of filver coins, among which are,
frequently feen very ancient and valuable ones; they have moreover
earings of very curious work, and fmall filver chains with
the figures o f half moons faftenednto the ends o f them. But
the poor are forced to content themfelves with plain caps, or i f
they have any ornaments, they confift only o f fmall exotic ihells,.
round glafs beads,1' or bits o f tin. The principal merit o f thefe
caps, which conftitute the good tafle, as well as vanity o f the
Morlack young ladies, is to attract and fix the eyes o f all who
are near them, by the multitude o f ornamentsj and the noife
they make on the leaft motion o f their heads. Hence half moonfc
o f filver, or of tin, little chains and hearts, falfe ftones and
ihells; together with all kinds o f fplendid trumpery, are readily
admitted into their head drefs. In ibme diftrifts, they fix tufts
o f various coloured feathers, refembling two horns on- their caps ;
in others, tremulous plumes o f glafs; and in others, artificial
flowers, which they purchafe in the fea port towns; and it muft
be confeffed, that in the variety of thofe capricious and barbarous
ornaments,
ornaments, fometimes a fancy not inelegant is difplayed. Their
•holiday ihifts are embroidered with red liik, and fometimes with
gold, which they work themfelves, while they attend their
flocks; and it is furprifing to fee how nicely this work is executed.
Both old and young women wear about their necks large
ftrings o f o f round glafs beads o f various, fize and colour; and
many rings o f brafs, tin, or filver on their fingers:. Their, bracelets
are o f leather covered with -wrought tin, pr filver * and they
embroider their ftomachers, or adorn them with beads or fliells.
But the ufe o f flays is unknown, nor do they put whalebone or
iron in the ftomacher. A broad .woolen girdle furrounds their
petticoat, which is commonly decked- with ihells and o f blue
colour,' ’and therefore ''called -Modrma. Their gowni,-as-well as
petticoat,' is o f a kind o f fergif; and both reach near to the ankle
; the go'Wn is bordered with fcarlet and called Sadafc: They
ufe no modrina in fummér; and only , wear th» Sadak without-
fleeves over a linen petticoat or ihift. --The girls always wear
red dockings, and their fhofcsare like thofe o f thé- men-, called
opanke. The fete is o f undrefied ox hide,- and the .upper part of
fheepV ikin thongs knotted, which they call apule, and thefe
they faften abbvei the ankles,' fomethingrlike the ancient co-
iürms.
The unmarried women, even of the ri-cheft families, are not;
permitted to wear any oilier fort o f ihoefe ; though-after marriage,
they niâÿ, i f they will,- lay afide the epankH' 'and ufe Turki-fli
flippers^ The girls k e e p theii ¡hair treffed under their caps,- but
when maffiè'd they let it fall diihevelled on the-breafl;. fometimes
they tie it under the chin; and always have medals, beads,
or boreef coins, in theTarrar or American mode, twified amongft
it. An Unmarried woman who falls under the imputation, of
want