AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1565. 



hewen in for the bowing of their backs, and another 

 place made high for their heads, which they put one 

 by another all along the walles on both sides. In their 

 houses they remaine onely in the nights, and in the 

 day they desire the fields, where they dresse their meat, 

 and make provision for victuals, which they provide 

 onely for a meale from hand to mouth. There is one 

 The maner of thing to be marvelled at, for the making of their fire, 

 kindhngoffire ^^^ ^^^ onely they but also the Negros doe the same, 

 which is made onely by two stickes, rubbing them one 

 against another: and this they may doe in any place 

 they come, where they finde sticks sufficient for the 

 purpose. In their apparell the men onely use deere 

 skinnes, wherewith some onely cover their privy mem- 

 bers, othersome use the same as garments to cover them 

 before and behind ; which skinnes are painted, some 

 yellow and red, some blacke & russet, and every man 

 according to his owne fancy. They do not omit to 

 paint their bodies also with curious knots, or antike 

 worke, as every man in his owne fancy deviseth, which 

 painting, to make it continue the better, they use with 

 a thorne to pricke their flesh, and dent in the same, 

 whereby the painting may have better hold. In their 

 warres they use a sleighter colour of painting their faces, 

 thereby to make themselves shew the more fierce ; which 

 after their warres ended, they wash away againe. In 

 their warres they use bowes and arrowes, whereof 

 their bowes are made of a kind of Yew, but blacker 

 then ours, and for the most part passing the strength 

 of the Negros or Indians, for it is not greatly inferior 

 to ours : their arrowes are also of a great length, but 

 yet of reeds like other Indians, but varying in two 

 points, both in length and also for nocks and feathers, 

 which the other lacke, whereby they shoot very stedy : 

 the heads of the same are vipers teeth, bones of fishes, 

 flint stones, piked points of knives, which they having 

 gotten of the French men, broke the same, & put the 

 pomts of them in their arrowes head : some of them 



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