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mon people, where they are always in the 

 fields, meadows, ftables, &c. and do not 

 diflike any work whatfoever. However, they 

 feem rather remifs in regard to the cleaning 

 of the utenfils, and apartments; for fome- 

 times the floors, both in the town and country, 

 were hardly cleaned once in fix months, 

 which is a difagreeable fight to one who 

 comes from amongftthei)^/^ and Englijh, 

 where the conftant fcouring and fcrubbing 

 of the floors, is reckoned as important as 

 the exercife of religion itfelf. To prevent 

 the thick duft, which is thus left on the 

 floor, from being noxious to the health, the 

 women wet it feveral times a day, which 

 renders it more confident ; repeating the 

 afperfion as often as the duft is dry and 

 rites again. Upon the whole, however, 

 they are not averie to the taking a part in 

 all the bufmefs of houfekeeping; and I have 

 with pleafure feen the daughters of the bet- 

 ter fort of people, and of the governor him- 

 felf, not too finely dreffed, and going into 

 kitchens and cellars, to look that every 

 thing be done as it ought. 



THE men are extremely civil, and take 

 their hats off to every perfon indifferently 

 whom they meet in the flreets. It is cufto- 

 mary to return a vifit the day after you 

 have received one ; though one fhould have 

 fame fcores to pay in one day, 



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