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Indians and Negroes lie on the Floors, moft generally on Mats 
made of Bull-rufhes, oydinary Rufhes, Ribs of Plantain Leaves, 
or the Spathe, or Vagine of Cabbage-tree-Flowers, with very little 
or no coverings, and a {mall Fire near them ia their Cottages. Hence 
they and ordinary white Servants, who lie not in Beds, arenot {aid 
to go to Bed, but to goand Sleep : and this Phrafe has generally 
obtain’d all over the Plantations, 
Beds are fometimes covered all over with Gauze to hinder the 
Mo/quites or Gnats from buzzing about, biting or awaking thofe ly- 
ing inthem. ‘Thisis chiefly after Rain. 
Ic is efteem’d here the wholefomeft way to go to Bed early, 
and rile early. | 
The heat of the Air exhaufting the Spirits, no wonder if fome of 
the edge of Mankind co Venery be taken off; it is thought by fome 
Men, that they are bewitch’d or charm’d by the Air; by others 
that that defire in Women by this heat: is Augmented, but | believe. 
neither; for what I could find by feveral People this Appetite is the 
fame as in other places, neither are men more bewitch’d or chard 
here than in Europe; but I believe People being here more debauch’d 
than in Angland, the Confequences may be more taken notice of ; 
and Tam ape to think that a great many Dropfies may come from 
this, nothing depauperating the Blood like excefiive Venery. I 
once faw a very great Dropfie fall ona ftrong young man, occafioned 
by one nights very exceflive debauchery. 
Exercifes here are not many, becaufe of the heat of the Air ; riding 
in the mornings is the moft ordinary, which by its eafie moving the 
Abdomen, and to confequently its Contents, and by that means for- 
warding the depuration of the Blood in the feveral Emanéfories there 
plac’d, has a very great power in keeping a Man in found Health, 
as well as recovering a Man when fickly and ill, 
_ The Paffions of the Mind have a very great power on Mankind 
here, efpecially Hyfterical Women, and Hypochondriacal Men. 
Thefe cannot but have a great fhare in the caule of feveral Difeafes, 
{ome of the People living here being in fuch Circumftances , as 
not to be able, to live eafily elfewhere: add to this, that there are 
not wanting fome, as every where elfe, who have been of bad Lives, 
whereby their minds are difturb’d, and their Difeafes, if not render’d 
Mortal, yet much worfe to cure than thofe who have fedate Minds 
and clear Confciences. On che fame account it is that thofe who 
have not their Willis, Minds, and Affairs fettled, in Diftempers are 
much worfe to be curd chan other Men. On all which refpects the 
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