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(lewd in a Pot, the bottom whereof iscover'd with.Leaves, on which they lay the 

 Fle(h, then (topping the lame clofe on the top with Earth and Leaves they make 

 Fire over it fo long till they think the Flefli to belufficiently ftewU Their Broyi 

 ing they perform by fixing forked Sticks into the Ground.over which they lay feve! 

 ral others like a Gridiron; and upon them the rawElefti, cut in long Slices and 

 Pepper'd and Salted, then make a Fire under the fame till it is enough . and'their 

 Meat fo drefs d keeps good fourteen days. Their Fill, either boyl'd or broyl'd is 

 eaten with the S^ce J^mmga. The little Fifh ftrf/and Vijdfr !ney make up 

 in Rolls, and lay them undet hot A(hes. Both with their Flelh and Fifli they eat 

 for Bread, as hath been laid, the Meal of the Root Mand.boka, which they taking up 

 with three Fingers throw into their Mouthes fo dexteroufiy, that not the leaft fcrap 

 falls befides. They never obferve any let hours to eat, for they make feveral Meals 

 in the Day, and fometimesin the middle of the Night, if their Appetite ferves 

 and neither drink nor fpeak whileft they are at their Meat. They deep in (bread* 

 Hammocks made faft between two Poles, near which burns a conftant Fire with 

 which in the Day.time they drefs their Meat, and at Night keep themfelves warm 

 the Nights being there fomewhat cold, becaufe of their equal length with the Days' 

 Their ulual Liquor is cold Water, taken out of the Fountains, Rivers, or Brooks .* n* r™, 

 but to Caroufe they make the Drink Caoi, of the Fruit of the Oc^.Tree, which StV* 

 being (lamp'd m a woodden Mortar, is ftrain'd, and at firft looks like Milk but 

 after a few days (landing turns to a darker colour, and is ftrong enough to make 

 Aftronomersof thofe that drink largely of it, but if long kept, it turns to be excel- 

 lent Vinegar. 



They have another Drink call'd Aifu, which is made two feveral ways , the » 



firft is thus: An old Toothlefs Woman chews the little cut Root AhnmacaLrl to a 

 a Pap call d Caracu, which fpitting in a Pot they pour Water on the fame, and after, 

 wards boy ing it leifurely, ftirring it all the time it (lands over the Fire. The other 

 way of making this^», which is much the more cleanly, is to boyl the fafd Root 

 iolong, till it comes to be like Butter.milk, and then letting it (land till it hath 

 done working, it will be no unpleafant Drink. 



Another fort of Drink amongft them is their Pacobi, made of the Fruit of the 

 Tree Vacobebe and Tacobucu ■ befides others made of the Tree Jbatu, of Indian Bar- 

 ley and Mm*. Alfo their Liquor call'd Jetici is prefs'd out of Potato-Roots. 



In like manner the Plant Nana, by the fortuguefe call'd Ananas, makes the Drink 

 *{anat, which is exceeding ftrong and heady, but good againft Faintnefs, Vomit. 

 ing, Gravel, and ftoppage of Urine, as alfo againft Poyfon. 



The Tapuiyans, fur-named Cariri, meet at a certain time to make the Liquor Their m,„. 

 Aipu, whereof each takes as much to his Hut as falls to his ftiare, and when it hath chK ' 

 done working, they begin in the Morning very early at the firft Houfe in the Vil- 

 lage, and drink out every drop which they find there, and fo from Houfe to Houfe 

 till they have drunk one another drie j and he is look'd upon to be the bed Man 

 that hath drunk and evacuated mod. 



The Bra/Bums take generally very ftrong Tobacco, which they firft drie in the %%£& 

 Sun, and afterwards before the Fire, the better to rub it in pieces ' Their Tobacco, ft**** 

 pipe is a Cane and a hollow Nut cut off at the top, and a round Hole bor'd in the 

 middle, into which they put the Cane. They forbear not to take Tobacco even in 

 the midft of their religious Ceremonies, which are perform'd with Singing and 

 Dancing in this manner : 



The Tapuaiyans making a round Ring at an equal diftanceone from another, all tSd. «fi£- 

 of them being (lark naked,tie divers colour'd Plumes of Feathers on their back-fides " 



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rues. 



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