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value more than the white parts. A traveller, 

 who goes to trade with the Indians, and is well 

 flocked with them, may become a confiderable 

 gainer; but if he take gold coin, or bullion, he 

 will undoubtedly be a lofer ; for the Indians^ 

 who live farther up the country, put little or no 

 value upon thefe metals which we reckon fo 

 precious, as I have frequently obferved in the 

 courfe of my travels. The Indians formerly made 

 their own wampums, though not without a deal 

 of trouble : but at prefent the Europeans employ 

 ihemfelves that way ; efpecially the inhabitants 

 of Albany * who get a confiderable profit by it. 

 In the fequel I intend to relate the manner of 

 making the wampum. 



Nov. 2d. BESIDES the different fe<3s of Chrif- 

 tians, there are many Jews fettled in New Tork r 

 who poflefs great privileges. They have a fyna- 

 gogue and houfes, and great country feats of 

 their own property, and are allowed to keep 

 {hops in town. They have likewife feveral 

 {hips, which they freight, and fend out with 

 their own goods. In fine, they enjoy all the 

 privileges common to the other inhabitants of 

 this town and province. 



DURING my refidence at New Tork 9 this, 

 time, and in the two next years, I was fre- 

 quently in company with Jews. I was in- 

 formed, among other things, that thefe people 

 never boiled any meat for themfelves on Satur- 

 day, but that they always did it the day before ; 

 and that in winter they kept a fire during the 

 \yhole Saturday. They commonly eat no pork ; 

 yet I have been told by feveral men of credit, 



that 



