Chap. II. 



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dwell together every one having his Apartment. Their Fortifications are moft of 

 them bu.lt on deep Hrff, , near Rivers , the accefs to them is onely ar one place, 



4 y 7Z e urf S ma r nnCr : ThCy f " « reat P ° lcs in thc Ground > *** 0*« 



fetyJAri ron each fide, crofs-ways one amongft another } between the crofles they 



fet other Trees, to ftrcngthen the Work : Within this inclos'd they generally build 

 twenty or t irty Houles of which f„ me are a hundred and eighty Foot long, and 

 fiomelefs all of them full of People : In the Summer they pitch Tents along by 

 the Wfide.oF.ft, againft Winter they remove into the Woods, to be near M 

 their Game of Hunting, and alfo Fuel. 



To take many Women is not cuftomary here, only amongft Military Officers, ■*!»« 

 who Marry three or four Wives, which fo well agree, that there is never any difl 

 fcra.ee betwm them , thofe that are not of Age, never Marry but with the confenc 

 and ady.ee of the.r Parents : Widows and unmarry'd Men follow their own opini- 

 on and .chop ■ . only they take Cognizance of their Eftates and Extraction : The 

 Bridegroom always prefents the Bride , for the leaft offence, the Man after having 

 foundly beater ihis Wife, turns her out of Doors, and Marries another, infomucb, **,„,, 

 that lome of them have every year a new Wife : On breach of Marriage, the Chil- 

 dren follow the Mother, from whom they account their Generation: They ac- 

 count Adultery, if committed under the bare Canopy of Heaven, a great Sin: 

 Whoring ,s Licenced to fingle Women, if they receive Money for it, and no Man ^T^ 

 fcruples to Marry them . nay, thofe that are Marry'd, boaft how many they have 

 enjoy d before their Marriage : She that is inclin'd to Marry, covers her whole s, "" scM ^ 

 body, and lets her felf wrapt up in the middle of the way , where a Batchelor ""* 

 paffing by fees her, and makes up the Match blindfold : When impregnated they 

 take great care that their Fruit receives no hindrance nor prejudice : When the c^a, 

 time or their De .very approaches, (which they know exactly) they go to a Melan- £Z°E" 

 cholly place in the Woods, though in the coldeft Weather, where They raife up a - 

 Hut of Mats, and bring the Child into the World without any help or Company 

 wafli the Child in cold Water, and wrap it up in Mats , then a few days after go- 

 ing home they bring up the Infant with great care, none putting them out to 

 Nurle : So long as a Woman gives fuck, or is quick with Child, flic will not ad. 

 nut or Copulation j one who hath the Flowers, never comes abroad : In time of 

 ficknefs they faithfully aflift one another: When any die , the neareft Relations ^M 

 Ihut the.r Eyes j and after having watch'd them fome days, they are Interr'd after 

 this manner : The Corps is plac'd fitting with a Stone under its Head, near it they 

 let a Pot, Kettle, Dift, Spoons, Money, and Provifions to ufe in the other World;* 

 then they p.le Wood round about it, and cover it over with Planks, on which 

 throwing Earth and Stones, they fet Vall.faJoa, and make the Grave like a Houfe, 

 to Which they ftew Veneration, wherefore they account it a great piece of villany 

 to deface any thing of it : The Men make no fliew of forrow over the Dead, but 

 the Women mourn exceedingly, and carry themfelves very ftrangely, beating their 

 Breads, fcratching their Faces, and calling night and day on the name of the De- 

 ceas'd : The Mothers make great Lamentation at the Death of their Children ef- 

 pecally Sons , for they (have off the Hair of their Heads, which at the Funeral is 

 burnt in the prefence of all their Relations; which is alfo perform'd by the Wo. 

 men when their Husbands die , befides, they black all their Faces, and putting on 

 a Hart-skm Shirt, mourn a whole year, notwithftandine they liv'd very conten- 

 tioully together. 



On fome occafions they go a Worfhipping of the Devil, to a certain place where c^ 

 the Sorcerers (hew ftrange Feats of Activity, tumbling over and over, beating 



them. 



Mourning 

 over the tleaj 

 remarkable. 



