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The Indian Women, as well as the Men, are swarthy, but 

 their features are very agreeable and fine as any People you 

 shall meet with, and few have better and sharper Eyes than 

 they have. Neither did I ever see but one Blind Man 

 amongst them, and they never would give me any account 

 how he became blind, though I importun'd them to know 

 the reason. This blind Man was led about with a Boy or 

 Girl by a string, so they put what burthens they pleas'd on 

 his Back, and made him serviceable after that manner upon 

 several Occasions. 



The firing they chiefly burn is Pich-Pine, that does not 

 only strengthen the Eyes, but preserves them, which I do not 

 doubt but it does, because the Smoak never offends the Eyes 

 though you should hold your Eace over a great Eire thereof, 

 which is occasioned by the Volatile parts of the Turpentine, 

 which rises with the Smoak, being of so friendly and Bal- 

 samick nature to them, that they are much relieved thereby, 

 for the Ashes of the Pine-tree afford little or no fij?:t Salt. 



The Indians in general are great Smoakers of Tobacco 

 (in their Language Uppowoc) which they tell us they had 

 before the Europeans made any discoveries of that Country. 

 It differs in Leaf from the sweet scented and Oroonoho, 

 which are the plants we raise and cultivate in America. 

 Theirs likewise differs very much in the smell when it is 

 Green from our Tobacco before it is cured, neither do they 

 use the same method in curing it as we do, therefore the 

 difference must be very considerable in taste and smell, for 

 all Men (that know Tobacco) must allow, that it is the 

 ordering thereof that gives a hogo to the Weed, rather than 

 any natural relish it possesses when Green. They make 

 the heads of their Pipes very large, which are generally 

 cut out of Stones, the Shanks whereof are made of hollow 

 Cane, and although they are great Smoakers, yet they are 



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