66 TIMEHRI. 
Costa de Orej, or the Ear Coast, as yet may be seen 
on several old charts. Some consider it a beauty to 
have the fore and after head flat, as the Tapouyranas, 
already mentioned, They never beat their children, nor 
have they any other way of punishment, seldom do they 
corre&t them for their faults; their whole education con- 
sists of instruéting them from their youth in swimming, 
fishing, shooting with the arrow, and making the neces- 
saries for private use, in which exercises they do excel. 
. They take great care of the children as long as they 
are young, but when arrived at the state of boyhood 
they do not meddle themselves any more about them; 
and treat them like strangers. {s 
- They neither will order, contradi€, or punish them, 
which by the by, they do not dare to do, an instance of 
which we will quote. A Caraib Indian from the Spanish 
possessions having slightly reprimanded his son in the 
presence of a Spaniard, he became so incensed at this, 
that he gave his father a blow ; the Spaniard offended 
at such conduét, found fault with the Caraib for his 
forbearance, inciting him to severely punish the sauciness 
of his son; on this the Indian replied. “ Do you imagine 
“‘ our children are like your's? nothing of the sort; and 
“were I to punish him for this fault, he on getting 
* older, would kill me for tt.”’ 
- These nations are subjeé&t to few diseases; which is 
principally attributed to their plain food, and plenty of 
exercise; there are hardly any to be found ill-shaped or 
infirm; they are strong by nature; many attain a great 
age, nay, were you to believe some, the incredible age of 
above 100 and 150 years; they are however subjeé& to 
a swelling at the throat (which is attributed to eating 
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