Show SIni uree sheu one of luy was an interesting creat nrc and evidently well pleased with himself he wore long finger naib and seeing me look at him spread ot his left hand evidently for my admiration on the fourth finger he wore a largo chiupee ring and all the nails were long particularly those of the fourth and fifth fingers which had grown to a length of at least an inch they looked like huge claws especially alien ho tried to pick up anything from the seat tin of such nails regard them with extreme satisfaction and cultivate them carefully that they sometimes attain a prodigious length alicy are largely affected by siamese and u clerke who fancy themselves they arc supposed to indicate the fact eliat their owners do no manual work curiously in far off a place mexico the same idea exists but there it ia generally confined to the little finger I 1 do not know what else lie biad to be proud abent unless it was his right leg which was elaborately tattooed above alio knee he was dressed in only a and to a cord around hia waist was attached a wallet for his tobacco betel nut etc he also carried some food wrapped in a piece ot green Gent lemans magazine |