Idem de populis oram Africae occidentalein 

 inhabkantibus ac de quibusd^^m ladiae nationi- 

 tMs alii retulerunc (i), 



Haec 



„ among the Americans. The fame mufes , which fo. 

 ^, often prompt perform in civilifed life , who are as 

 ^, their eafe , to have recourfe to thi% pastime , render 

 „ it the delight of the fay ages. The former are inde- 

 „ pendent of labour ^ the latter do not feel: the neces- 

 99 fi^y ^f '^ 9 ^'^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^'*^ unemployed , they ruji 

 „ with transport to whatever is interesting enough to 

 ■5, Jiir and to agitate their mind. Hence the Ameri- 

 5, cans , wha at other times are fo indifferent , fo 

 5, phlegmatic , fo filent , and animated with fo few de* 

 „ fires y as foon as they engage in play become rapa^ 

 „ cious , impatient , noify , and almost frantic with 

 „ eagernefi. Their furs^ their domestic utenfils , their 

 5, clothes y their arms ^ are flaked at the gamingtable ^ 

 „ and when all is lost , high as their fenfe of inde- 

 5, pendence is ,j in a wild emotion of despair or of ho» 

 „ pe , they will often risk their perfonal liberty upon 

 „ a fingh cast. Among feveral tribes , fuch gaming 

 3, parties frequently recur ^ and become their most ac- 

 „ ceptable entertainment at every great fcsiivaP\ 

 Conf. etiam Charlevoix, Histoire de la Nouvelle 

 France y III. 561, ji8. et Lafiteau, Moeurs des 

 ^auvages Americains ^ IF. 338 , fqq. 



(i) Bosnian, Befchrijving van de Goitdkust ^ 

 Toill. II, p. I a/, et Letterkundig Magazijn van IVe^ 

 ten f chap ^ Kunst en Sma^k voor 18 17. No. 12. p, 55 S. 

 ft Tiievenot, Tom. V. p. J 44. (Edit. Amfl. 1727O 



