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any thing, as any Children in Europe; and those that have 

 the advantage to be Educated, Write good Hands, and prove 

 good Aceomptants, which is very much coveted, and most 

 necessary in these parts. The young Men are generally of 

 a bashful, sober Behaviour, few proving Prodigals, to spend 

 what the Parents with Care and Industry have left them, 

 but commonly Improve it. 



The Girls are most commonly handsome and well Fea- 

 tur'd, but have pale or swarthy Complexions, and are gener- 

 ally more forward than the Boys, notwithstanding the Women 

 are very Shy, in their Discourses, till they are acquainted. 

 The Girls are not only bred to the Xeedle and Spinning, but 

 to the Dairy and domestick Affairs, which many of them 

 manage with a great deal of prudence and conduct, though 

 they are very young. 



Both Sexes are very dexterous in paddling and managing 

 their Canoes, both Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, being bred 

 to it from their Infancy. The Women are the most Indus- 

 trious in these Parts, and many of them by their good House- 

 wifery make a great deal of Cloath of their own Cotton, 

 Wool, and Flax, and some of them weave their own Cloath 

 with which they decently Apparel their whole Family though 

 large. Others are so Ingenious that they make up all the 

 wearing Apparel both for Husband, Sons and Daughters. 

 Others are very ready to help and assist their Husbands in 

 any Servile Work, as planting when the Season of the Year 

 requires expedition: Pride seldom banishing Housewifery. 

 Both sexes are most commonly spare of Body and not Chol- 

 erick, nor easily cast down at Disapointments and LooSes, 



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