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The remainders of them lived in certain Aldens or villages afligned them for that 

 purpofe, where they had their plantations ; befides which they ferved the Portuguefe 

 in their fugar-mills for a certain monthly pay, which furniflied them with clothes and 

 other neceffaries. Their huts are made only of wooden (talks, covered with palm-tree 

 leaves. They cannot endure the yoke of flavery, nor any toil, efpecially the Tapoy- 

 ers ; they live very quietly among one another, unlefs they get drunk, when they 

 fometimes fmg and dance day and night. Drunkennefs is a vice belonging to both 

 fexes here, of which they are fo fond, as to be paft remedy, though this occafions 

 often quarrels and other enormous vices among them. They are likewife much 

 addided to dancing, which they call Guau ; they have feveral ways of dancing, one^ 

 of which is called Urukapi ; they commonly fing whilft they are dancing. The 

 children divert themfelves with divers forts of games, one is called Kurupirara, another 

 Guaibijfaie, and a third Guaibiquaibibuku. They will fleep fometimes a whole day 

 and night, and would not ftir then if they did not want viduals. Near their hammocks 

 they keep a fire day and night, in the day to drefs their victuals, in the night to allay 

 the rawnefs of the air, which here is colder than in moft parts of Europe, becaufe day 

 and night is almoft of an equal length here throughout the year. 



The inland Brazilians of both fexes go quite naked, without the leaft covering. But 

 thofe inhabiting nearer to the fea-fhore, who converfe with the Dutch and Portuguefe, 

 wear only a fhirt of linen or calico ; though, in my time, fome of the chiefelt among 

 them began to take a pride to clothe themfelves after the European manner. The 

 wife conffantly follows her hufband wherever he goes, even in the war. He carries 

 nothing but his arms, but the poor woman is loaden like a mule or fumpter-horfe. 

 For befides a great balket which is tied to her back (called by them Patigua), fhe has 

 another upon her head, with all the houfehold fluff in it, or a great bafket with flour ; 

 befides which, feveral other fmaller veffels hang on both fides, wherewith they take up 

 water for their drinking. The child is carried in a piece of calico, which is faftened 

 to her, and hangs down from her right fhoulder. It lies there, with its legs wide 

 open, one being ftretched acrofs the mother's belly, the other over her fhoulder. After 

 all this, fhe carries a parrot or ape in one hand, and leads a dog in a firing with the 

 other. Thus they proceed on their journey, without any farther provifion, except a 

 fmall quantity of farinha ; the hedge or open fields ferve inflead of inns, which furnifh 

 them with necefTary food, as the rivers and fprings with drink ; and fo does the tree 

 called Karageata, which contains always fome rain-water within the hollownefs of its 

 leaves, to the great relief of travellers, who, in fom^ barren places, do often not meet 

 with a river or fpring for twelve leagues together.* Towards night they hang their 

 hammocks on trees, or elfe fallen them to flalks neatly ; they make a fire to drefs 

 their vidluals ; and againfl the rain defend themfelves with palm-tree leaves. When 

 they are at home, the hufband goes commonly in the morning abroad with his bow 

 and arrow, to fhoot fome wild beafl, or catch birds, or elfe to the fea-fide, or next 

 river a fifhing, whilft the women are employed in the plantations ; fome women go 

 abroad with their hufbands, and carry home the prey. The wild-beafls are caught by 

 them in a different manner ; fome they kill with arrows, others they catch in pits dug 

 for that purpofe, and covered with the leaves of trees, under which is hidden fome 

 carrion, the fcent of which draws them to the pit ; this they call Petaku. They make 

 alfo certain wooden traps, and ufe divers other ways of catching the wild beafts, each 

 of which they diftinguifh by their proper names. To catch birds they ufe three forts 

 of fnares or nets, called by them Jukana ; the firft fort catches the birds by the feet, 

 this they call Jukanabiprara ; the fecond entangles them by the neck, which they call 



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