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Vol. V No. 1 … The Cover: The unique charm of a land that time has quite forgotten typifies the islands of the San Blas Indians. Dress, laws, customs and manners have changed little since before Columbus’ time. The costumes of the women, with their head scarves, elaborately decorated blouses, jewelry and peculiar nose rings are familiar sights to the tourists for whom the islands possess an odd fascination. From the time they are born, all female members of the tribe are always completely clothed. The small brown boys, however, usually run about naked. The islands number some four hundred and extend in a long chain fringing the Atlantic coast. Many of them are little more than spits of sand and coral under a luxuriant shade of palm trees. In this domain the San Blas people are sovereign.