of North Carolina. 367 



Those that live or frequent near the Salt Water take 

 abundance of Fish of several sorts, some of them are very 

 large, which to preserve, they first Barbecue, then pull them 

 to pieces, and dry them in the Sun, and keep them for their 

 Necessities ; as for Scate, Oysters, Cockles, and several other 

 sorts of Shell-fish, they open and dry upon Hurdles, keeping 

 a constant Fire under them; these Hurdles are made of 

 Reeds or Hollow Canes, in shape of a Gridiron. Thus they 

 dry several Bushels of them, and keep for their Provision 

 in time of scarcety. 



At the time when they are on the Salts and Sea Coasts, 

 they have another sort of Fishery for little Shell-fish, called 

 in England, Blachmoors Teeth; these they catch by tying 

 bits of Oysters to a long String, and lay it in such places as 

 they know these Fishes haunt; they get hold of the Oysters 

 and suck them in, that they pull them up by the Strings in 

 gTeat Quantities ; they carry these a great way into the Main 

 Land to trade with the remote Indians, where they are of 

 great value, but never near the Sea, being common, and 

 therefore not much esteemed by them that live near the 

 Salts. 



It is an established Custom amongst all the Xatives in 

 these Parts, that the young Hunters never eat of that Bucl', 

 Bear, Fish, or any other sort of Game which happens to be 

 the first they kill, because they believe if they should eat 

 thereof, thev never would be afterwards fortunate in Hunt- 

 ing. The like foolish Custom they hold when they make a 

 Wear to take Fish in, if a Woman with Child eat of the first 

 Dish caught therein, they say that Wear will never take 

 much Fish in it afterwards. 



The Tobacco is in such great Esteem amongst some Xa- 

 tions of the Indians, that they think their Gods are delighted 



therewith, 



