chiloes

Updated: June 15, 2025

They consisted of fourteen red caps, as many "sashes," and fifty-two fathoms of cloth for the crew; ten Pecas de lei or Chiloes for each interpreter, and two pieces for the canoes. I should have given four fathoms for each man and the same for each boat.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2