‘fb Tn of Barbies, 
_— 
Eight months of the year,the weather is very hot,yet not {calding, 
but that fervants, both Chriftians,and flaves,labout and travel ten Kours 
in a day. 
_ As the Sunrifes; there arifes with: himi cool breezés ‘Gf wind , and 
the higher and hotter the Sun fhines,the ftronger and cooler the breezes 
are, and. blow alwayes from theNore Eaft; and by Eaft, except inthe 
time of the Turzado : And. then it fometimes chops about into the 
South, for an hour or two, and then returns again to the fame point 
whereit was. The other fourmonths‘it is not {6 hot; but is néar the | 
temper of theairin England, in the middle of Atay, and though itt’ the 
hot feafons we{weat much, yet we do notfind that faintnef, that we 
find here, in the end of Flys: or beginnitig of Auguff.’ With this’ great 
heat,there 1s {ach a moifture,as mutt ofnéceffity caufe the air to be very 
unwholfome. | : 
Weare feldom dry or thirfty, unle& we overheat our bodies with 
extraordinary labour , or drking ftrong-drinks’;:‘as of our Exglifh 
fpirits, which we. carry. 6ver;-of French Brandy , ‘orithe drink of 
the Ifland, which ismade ofthe skimmings of the Coppers, that boy! 
the Sugar, whichthey call kil-Devil. And though fome of thefe be 
| needful if they be ufed with temper ; yet the immoderate ule of them, 
_| over-heatsthe body, which caufes Coftivenefs, and Tortions in the 
| bowels; which.isa difeafe very ‘frequent there 5 and hardly ctir’d, and 
of which many have’ butscertainly ftrong drinks are very re- 
-|quifite, where fomuch heat is; for the. {pirits being €xhaufted with 
much {weating, the inner parts are left ¢old and faint ; and fhall néed 
comforting, and reviving. Befides, our bodies having been ufed to] 
colder Climates , findadebility, and a great failing in the vigour , 
and fprightlinefs we have sca? He x Climates ; our’ blood too, ist 
ner and paler than in our own Countreys;’ Nor is the meat fo well: 
relifh’d asin England; but flat and RTPA YH or ex- 
canted, -which-is indeed the beft of that kind that I think is in the 
world. 
* Our Horfes and Cattle feldomdrink;and whet they do, itisinvery | 
{mall quantities; except fuch as.havegtheir bodies over heated. with 
working... + MeaemeserS TOO CO ssaisstiveniiiaids 
- This moifture of the air, caufes all our Knives’; Etweele; Keys, 
Needles, Swords, and Ammunition, toruft sand that‘in an inftant for 
take your knife to the grindftoné, and grind away all the ruft; 
| which done, wipe it dry, and: put it up into your fheath, -and {0 into 
your pocket, and:in avery little time, draw it out; and you {hall find : 
me 
jit beginning to ruft all overs ‘which in mote tinie, ‘vill eat deep into 
the {teel, and {poil the blade. Our locks too} that are not 
made ufe of, will ruft in the wards, and fo become ufelefs, and Clocks, 
and Watches will {eldome or never go true; and-all this octafion'd 
by the moiftnef of the Air. :~ And this we found at fea: for before 
we came near this Ifland, we perceiv'd-a kind of weathef ; which is 
neither rain nor mift, and continued ‘with us fometimes four or five 
| dayes together, - which theSeamen calla Heyfey weather, and rifes to 
fuch a beigirpaeshougiiaie Sun fhine out brights yet we cannot fee} 
c 
his body, till ninea clock inthe morning, nor after three inthe after | 
noon. . And we feethe sky over our heads:clear : a clofe and very | 
(jeemniie 
junhealthful. weather, and no:pleafureat all in it. 
rie Mo 
2% : 
Tempera- 
ture of the 
air. 
eo anes 
* 
