of the Iftand of Barbados. BF 
jis taken up, as; though we wah it never fo well, yet the grit ¢ 
{our teeth ; it has a tafte being faltedjalmoft asall.as puit 
is cream boyl’dto a height, with yolk of eggs,and feafon'd with fugar, 
and fpice, Jelly which we make of the flefhof young pigs, calvesfeet, 
and a cock, andisexcellent géod, but muft prefently be eaten, for it 
will not laft. Cream alone, and fomie done tveral wayes, of which 
there is great variety, having Lemons, Lymes, and Oranges ready at 
hand; andfonie wherein we put Plantines, Gnavers and Bonanoes, 
ftew’d,or preferv’d with fugar, and the fame fruits alfo preferv’d and 
put in difhes by themfelvés, without Cream; and fora whet{tone,to pull 
on'acup of wine, we havedryed Neats tongues, brought from new and 
old Exgland 3 and from Holland, Weftphalia Bacon,and Caviare;sas alfo 
pickl'd Herring,and Macquerel,which we have from new Exgland.and 
om Virginia Botargo, of which fort 1 have eaten the beft at Collo- 
nel Draxes that ever Itafted. 2 
The fruits that this Mland:affords, I have already natiied,and there- 
fore it will be needlef$to name them twice; you may take ydur choice, 
whether you will have them fet on the Table before:or after meat 5 
| they ufe as they doin Italy; ‘to eat them before meat. 
The victuals brought from forraign parts are theft, Beef ‘which we 
have fiom Hol/and, from Old and New England,Virginia,and fome from 
Ruffia; and yet comesto us fweet. Pork from all thefe places, with the 
mott forts of falt fifhsas Ling, Haberdinie, Cod, poor John,pickled Mac- 
querels,pickled ‘Herrings,all very good. Sturgeon trom New Exgland, 
but foill CSctiiae alii ipinslacedistshcesney want the skil both of 
boyling and feafoning itsthey firft over-boy] itandtiext over-faleit,and 
fo the fith being over tender by boyling, the falt frets and eats upon it 
all the way;-forwhen we come toopen it, betng carried: far ftom the 
Pickled Turtle, we have from the Leeward Iflands, but {ditncleanly 
ordered, a8: we could ‘hardly ‘find in our hearts to eat it s:for they 
ther the Saléand Sand together, for haft, upon the land where it 
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have from thetfles of S this kind of food, is only for fervants; 
| fometimes the Negrves get a little, butfeldome theone or the other did 
eat any Bone meat, at our firlt coming thither: hie; & 
But now at my coming away fromthence, it was much better'd, for 
by thecare and.good Husbandry of the Planters, there was grea- 
ter plenty, both ofthe victuals they were wont’ toveat, as Potatoes, 
Bonavitt, Loblolly, as alfoiofthe bone meat, ozs Pork, falt Fith, and 
much asthe Neeroes were allowed each man two ‘Macquetels a week, 
and every woitian ones which were given out to them on Satutday 
_|in theevening, after they had their allowance of Plintines, which was 
every dnea large bunch, of two little ones, to fervethent for -aweeks 
provifion sand if any cattle dyed by mifchance, or by any difeafe :the 
_lfervants eat the bodies; andthe Negroes the skins; head, and intrails | 
which was divided amongft them by the Overfeerss or if any horfe, | 
| than the whole bodiesof them were diftributed amongit the Negrees, 
land that they thought.a high ith which fouls 
never poor: 
| were niore conténteds andthedfink'rathe fervants with this-dyet, 
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Bridge,and {hak cartiage-there is farce a whole piece,but the 
Sturgeon and ena orice & fo-vehemently falt,as I could never | 
eat any of it, but at Collonel Wallronds Plantation itis lefs ke 
powder'd beef, which came thither by fea, fronrforraign parts, info} 
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