| of the Iftand of Barbadaes. 
a gallon, the people drink muchofit, indeed too much; for it often 
layes them afleep on the ground, and that is accounted a very unwhol- 
fome lodging. 
The eighth fort of drink is Beveridge, made of {pring water, white 
fugar, and juyceof Oranges, and this is not onely pleafant but whol- 
ome. | : 
The laft and beft fort of drink that this Ifland or the world affords, 
is the incomparable wine of Pines; And is certainly. the NeGar 
which the Gods drunk; for on earth there isnone like it; and that is 
made of the pure juyce of the fruit it (elf, without commixture of 
of all taftes excellent, thatthe world can yield. This drink 1s too 
pure to keep Jong 5 in threeor four dayes it will befine ; ‘tis made 
by prefling the fruit and. ftraining’ the liquor , and it is kept in 
bottles. | 
_ Having given you atafte of the Bread. and Drink this Ifland>af- 
| fords, which will ferve any mans palate , that is not. over curious; I 
couldtell you what we have of both forts that is brought to us from 
-meal cloie put up; which comes to us very. {weet from Exgland, and 
| Holland 5 of which we make Bread, Pye-cruft,and Puddings; And for 
drink, good Englifh Beer, French and Spanife Wines, with others,fome 
from the A4deras, fometrom Fia/pone of the lands of Pe, So we 
cannot juftly complain of want, either of bread ordrink, and, from 
England, Spivits, fomeof Annifceds , fome of Mint, fome of Worm- 
wood, @vc.. And from France, Brandy, whichis extream ftrong, but 
accounted very wholfome, _ 
Having give 
will ferve 
{tal meat, and. indeed the: beft the Ifland affords, I will begin with 
that, which is (without queftion) as good; asany canbe of that kind: 
for their feeding being as good, as can grow any where, the flefhm 
: ipians ofarare kind, 
_ | needs be an{werable; fruit, the nuts« Pomptans of a:; 
ili e bo ¢ Plantines, and Bonanoes, 
almoft as {weet as Milic bodies of t 
Sugar-canes, and Mayes, being their daily food... 
|. When wecame firlt upon the Iland; I perceiv'd the fties they made 
to hold them, were trees, with the endslying crofs upon one another, 
and the inclofure they made, was not large enough to hold the 
| numbers of Hogs were in them, with convenient diftance to play 
and ftir themfelves fortheir health, and pleafures fo that they. were 
}ina manner. pefter'd, and choakt up, ‘with thei own {tink , which is 
fure the moft noyfome ofany other beaft,and by reafon of theSuns heat 
much worle; I have{melt the {tink of one of thofe {ties down the wind, 
near a smile, through all, the wood : and the crowding and thrufting 
them fo clofe together, wascertainly the caufe of their wantof health, 
which much hin dred their g : th 5 So that they were neither fo large, 
not theirfleth fo fweet, as when they were wild, and at their own 
_ | liberty, and choice of feeding. | 5G 
| Ford have heard Major Hilliard fay that at their firft coming 
there , they found Hogs, that one of them weighed (the intrals be- | 
ing taken out,and the head off ) 400 weight. And now atthe time is , 
y 
water, or any other creature, having in it felf, a natural compound. 
other partsof the world; asBiskets, both fineand courfe, Barrels of | 
nyoua juftaccount, as near as my memiory 
{of the bread and drink of this Ifland-: The next thing is the feveral | & 
| forts of meat we havethere 5 and becaufeHogsflefh is the moft gene-| 
Beueridge. 
Wine of 
Pines. 
inds. : 
to a a 
