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studded with sharp stones. They have no cows, THIRD 



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horses, mules, goats, sheep, or asses. The men 

 hunt and fish, and the women work in the 

 provision ground, and cook their victuals. 



In each hamlet there is the trunk of a large Fermented 

 tree, hollowed out like a trough. In this, from hquo ' 

 their cassava, they make an abominable ill-tasted 

 and sour kind of fermented liquor, called piwarri. 

 They are very fond of it, and never fail to get 

 drunk after every brewing. The frequency of 

 the brewing depends upon the superabundance 

 of cassava. 



Both men and women go without clothes. The Their ha- 

 men have a cotton wrapper, and the women a 

 bead-ornamented square piece of cotton, about 

 the size of your hand, for the fig-leaf. Those 

 far away in the interior, use the bark of a tree 

 for this purpose. They are a very clean people, 

 and wash in the river, or creek, at least twice 

 every day. They paint themselves with the 

 roucou, sweetly perfumed with hayawa or ac- 

 caiari. Their hair is black and lank, and never 

 curled. The women braid it up fancifully, some- 

 thing in the shape of Diana's head-dress in 

 ancient pictures. They have very few diseases. 

 Old age and pulmonary complaints seem to be 

 the chief agents for removing them to another 

 world. The pulmonary complaints are generally 

 brought on by a severe cold, which they do not 

 know how to arrest in its progress, by the use of 



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