of the Ifland of Barbadoes. 
| mixt fort of bread, and is made ofthe flower of Adzyes and Caffavie mixt | 
together; forthe Afayes it elf will make no bread , it is to extream 
heavy and lumpifh : But thefe two being mixt, they miakeit intolarge 
Cakes, two inchesthick; and that, in my opinion, taftesthe likeft to 
Englifh bread of any. | . 
But the Negroes ufe the A¢ayesanother way, which is, toafting the 
cars of itat the fire, and {fo eating it warmoffthe ear. And. ‘we have 
a way, to feed our Chriftian fervants with this Mayes, which is , by 
pounding itin a large Morter, and boyling it in water, to the thick- 
nefs of Frumenty 5 andfo putin a Tray fich a quantity, as willferve a 
_}mefs of fevenor eight people; give it them cold,’ and:fcarce afford 
them fait withit. This we call Lob-loU/ie. But the Negrées, when they 
| come.to be fed with this, ate muchdifcontented, and cry out, 0!0! 
| 20 more Lobe-lcb. : 
} Thethirdfortiofbread we ufe , is only Potatoes , which are cho- 
fen outiof the dryeft and largeftthey cam choofe : And atrhe time we 
firft came,, there was little elfe ufed, ‘at many good Platters Tables in 
| theliland.: “And thefeareall the forts of bread that I know growing 
upon theoplace. ? a. 
_- The next thing that comesin order, is Drink, which: being miade 
| of feveral materials, afford more? variety in the deftription. ‘The 
‘firft, and that which is moft ufed inthe Ifland, is asobbie,a drink made 
of Potatoes, and thusdone. Put the Potatoes intoa tub of water,and, 
| with a broom, {tirthemupand down, tillthey are wafht clean 5 then 
takethem our, and put them into a large‘iron or brafs pot, fuch as 
-you boyl beef in, in Exgland; and puttothemas much water, as will 
only covera quarter part of them; and cover thevop of she poe with 
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a piece of thick canvas doubled, ‘or fuch cloth asfa 
underneath, {0_much only'as will caufe thefe roots to ftew’; and when 
they are foft, take them out, and with your hands, fqueeze, break, and 
{math them very fmall, in fair water 5 letting them {tay there , till the 
water hasdrawn and fackt out all the {pirit of the roots 5 which will 
-|be done inan hour or two. Then “put the liquor and roots into a 
Harge woollen bag, like’a jelly-bag, pointed at the bottoms and let 
wotk. Coverit, and let it ftand till the next day, and then “tis fit to 
| be drunk.» And as you will have it {tronger or {maller, put in greater 
or leflerquaiitities ofroots 5 fome make it fo {trong ;.as to be drunk 
with fmall quantities: -Butthe drink it felf, being: “22 eae tiade, 
| doesnot atallfly up into the head, butisafprightly thirft-quene | 
drink, If itbe put up in {mall casks, as Rundlets, or Firkins,it will 
four or five dayes goody and drink such more fprightly than out of 
the Jar. I eahuot liken it to any thing fo near, as Rhevifb-wine 1m the 
_|Mults bat itis thort ofitinthe fttength of the spirits and finencfs’ of 
the tafte ay a POG qe Fiore ot ie 4 Ol 7 ater Yak BY | 
[ocTheré are’ two feveral layers, iit which ‘thefe toots grow 5 one 
| takes the skins!of the Potatoes white, the otherred : And where the 
| Thotigh’this be the dtink oft generally ufed in the: kd 
covering itclofe, that the fteam go not out... Then makealittlefire| — 
itrun through that, into a Jar, and withimetwo. hours it will begin to} 
| red roots grows the Afobbie, will be ted like Clarei*wine 5 the ou 3 
| cannot commend the wholfomness of it, for, the moft part 
& ae is 
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