an ornament worn on the wrist, much used among the ancients: It was made of different materials, and in different fashions, according to the age and quality of the wearer.

Bracelets are still worn by the savages of Africa, who are so excessively fond of them, as to give the richest commodities and even their fathers, wives, and children, in exchange for those made of no richer materials than shells, glass, beads, and the like.

Bracelets of glass pay 3s. 8½d. the small gros, containing twelve bundles or dickers; and, if of the French manufacture, they pay 4s. 17½d. for the same quantity: A proportionable drawback is allowed in each case.