3?8 AMERICA. Chap, XVIII. 



arc of two forts, whereof the firft call'd A/aioj*'*, range through Woods and Wil. 

 dernefles ; and the other call'd The Oumekotts, refide along the Sea, and over-turn 

 the Ships that Sari by ; That the Souls of Heroes remove to pleafant and delightful 

 Iflands, where they are ferv'd by the JroVages ; That Cowards at their Death g0 

 behind a high Mountain, where they become perpetual Slaves to the JroVages. 



So foon as they hear a clap of Thunder they run into their Huts, and place 

 themfelves on little Stools round the Fire, cover their Faces, and laying their 

 Heads on their Knees, make a doleful noife, as fuppofing that Maboya is exceedingly 

 enrag'd againft them, 



2t'?5d- Thcir Huts > for thc moft P art builc ne * r Rivers and Streams , are of an 

 H oval fafhion, their Roofs made of Palm-Trce Leaves or Sugar-Canes, the Walls 



nothing but Boughs fet in the Ground and pleited together, and the Floor of 

 lifted Earth or Sand, ramm'd in and kept very even and fmooth • befides a Room 

 wherein they Sleep and Entertain their Friends, they have alfo a Kitchin to drefs 

 their Meat, and a place to lay their Bowes, Arrows, Clubs, and the like, in - they 

 , ufc Mats in fteadof Walls, to feparate one Apartment from the other. TheirHouf- 

 hold-ftuff is little • the richeft of them have Hammocks in ftcad of Beds ; the 

 meaner fort ufe Sj^ks laid crofs one another, and cover'd thick with the Leaves of 

 the !Banana-Trce, made faft at thc four corners with Cords. Hollow Qalabajhts, and 

 Earthen Ware call'd (maris, ferve them for their Kitchin Utenfils. In the little 

 Canaru they prepare their Tumalts, or Pepper -foliage, and in the biggeft their Liquor 

 Ovicou. 



Their Cleanlinefs may appear by this, that when they go to eafc Nature, they 

 make a Hole in the Ground with a Stick, and after they have done, flop it up again, 

 burying their Excrement that it may not be feen. 



Round about their Huts feed many Hens and Turkies, which they breed not fo 

 much for their own ufe, as to exchange for Iron. 



They remove their Habitations very often, either out of fear of being haunted 

 bytheGhoft offome deccafed Perfon, or to avoid fome Smell which they find 

 noifom and ofFcnfive, or becaufe their Hut hath been fet on fire by Lightning. 

 22&2S* Thc Women are alwa Y s employ 'd to keep their Families in good order, to pre- 

 andD.ee. pare Venifon and Fifh for the Mens Tables, to fpin Cotton, Comb their Hus- 

 bands, and paint them Red. The Men fpend their time in the Wars, Hunting or 

 Fifiiing. They have alfo learn'd of thc Europeans to burn Train-Oyl in Lamps in 

 the Night, when as before they burnt Twigs of a gummy Shrub before mention'd, 

 which for that reafon the Hollanders call'd Candle.lVood. Each hath a little Stool, and 

 a Table call'd Maiitoutou, on which he eats his Meat when he pleafes, having no 

 fct-Mcals. The broad Banana-L eaves ferve. them for Napkins and Table.clothes. 

 Their chiefeft Dainty is Crabs roafted in the Shell with the Juice of Lemmon and 

 Pyman. At great Feaftsthey drefs their Meat with the Fat of their Enemies, being 

 the Amages. Their ufual Drink is Mabby, made of Potato's, which refreflies, and 

 is good againft the Phlegm , alfo another Liquor call'd Oh] made of fteep'd Caff*, 

 dar, and is like Beer in tafte,ftrength, and colour. They alfo by making an incifion 

 into the Palm.Trees, tap a Liquor from the fame in QaUbafbes, like White- wine. 

 They ufe little of the Drink Coufcou, becaufe it fwells the Body, notwichftandincr 

 it is pleafing to the Palate . But the Liquor which is moft efteem'd amongft them* 

 is the Winemadeof thc Sugar.Canes, which are fqueez'd in Mills made for that 

 purpofe, and then boyl'd in great Kettles. During the dreiTmg of their Meat .{which 

 being done leifurely, is fometimes half a day before it is ready), they Sing, and 

 Dance to the Time, which one keeps wich a Calabajb fill'd full of little Stones, in 



which 



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