Chap. VII; *A METRIC A. , +91 



« thcr ; one of them ftarting up, takesaBoy by the Head, ties him Hand and Foot 

 « that he cannot ftir at all ; which done, a fecond Sorcerer comes to his affiftance, 

 « and* with a flurp-pointed Stick bores Holes through his Ears and Lips, whileft 

 « the Mother of the Boy makes a fad Lamentation. Women refufe to have any 

 « familiarity with their Husbands as foon as they perceive themfelves to be with 

 "Child; and as foon as any Woman is Deliver'd, flie runs into a neighboring 

 « Wood,' where with a Shell (he cuts off the Childs Navel, which boyling fhe eats 

 « with the After-birth 5 then waflies her felf and the Child every Morning and 

 « Evening in cold Water 5 as long as flic gives Suck her Husband lies not wich 

 « her, unlefs it be a Man that hath but one Wife. If a Woman commit Adultery, 

 « her Husband beats her out of his Houfe, but if he takes her in the Aft, it is law- 

 « ful for him to kill both. In the middle of the King's Tent (lands a great CaUbajb 

 « full of Stones call'd gjbnturah, cover'd with the corner of a Mat, which none 

 « dares approach without the King's leave, unlefs it be to fmoak the fame with 

 « Tobacco, or to lay Venifon or Honey before it. 



It is alfo remarkable how the Sorcerers deal with their Sick ; the aforefaid Jacob *™f ;— ■. 

 (Rabbi an Eye-witnefs relates, That the King Drarugb being extreamly troubled ;£&>£ 

 with pains in his Sides and Legs, and finding no help amongft his Sorcerers, who ■*»«* 

 pretended to be Phyficians.went to the neighboring Kingof the T^Hji<iKf,where three 



undertook to cure him, which they did after this manner : One of them blew To- 

 bacco-fmoak on his Body, fuck'd his Knees, roar'd like a Lyon, and after much 

 ado vomited a little Eel into his Hand, which he pretended had put the King no 

 fo much pain ; whileft the fecond fuck'd his Belly, and alfo roar'd exceedingly, and 

 vomited forth at laft a Stone, on which appear'd a Rofe ; the third fuck'd his left 

 Side, till he vomited fomething like a Root ; after which the King is faid imme- 

 diately to have recover'd. • 



There is but little Ceremony of Religion to be found amongft the T^«><w*,onely m^S; 

 they (hew Reverence to the Seven-ftars when the Fruits of the Field are ripe, after oftl * s '" s - 

 this manner : Firft they fpend three days in Dancing and Singing, then the Youths 

 prepare themfelves to Fight with Lances and Clubs, tie tough Twigs about their 

 Legs, pour Honey on their Heads, tie their Hair behind in Knots after it is pow. 

 der'd'with red Powder, Paint their Faces and Bodies with feveral Colours, ftick a 

 long Feather in their Necks betwixt their Hair, and on their Heads fet Garlands of 

 red Feathers pleited, down their Backs hang Bundles of Branches like Tails, and 

 have their Arms adorn'd with the Wings of the Bird /C»/«Hg ; thus drefs ' d thc y 

 fisht three days, at the end whereof the Conquerors (hew great joy. 



Itdefervesfpecialobfervation what the Learned Gerard Vofim relates of them 

 from the Mouth of Cbriptfbtr Jrcijfeusky, a foUJI) Nobleman, famous for his hcroick 

 Exploits for the United Netherlands in Brafile. 



" The Tapuyans (faith he) are a People that range up and down, never (laying £«; 

 Ions in one place, between Siara and Meranthon, a vaft Trad of Land, and go al. *<J£T" 

 moft naked, having onely a (light Covering about their Middle. When the Hoi- m*w. 

 landers gave them Clothes, they admir'd the ftrange Faftiion thereof, and after 

 " two days return'd them again : In their Lips, Noftrils, Ears and Cheeks they 

 " hung Ornamentals of Wood, Bones, Feathers, or Stones 5 a great Club, and a 

 "ftrong Bowe made of hard Wood ferve them for Arms ; Gold and Silver they 

 « efteem'd not, wherefore they barter'd whole Chefts full (buried there by the Tor- 

 " tuguefe and difcover'd by them) with the Hollanders for Greyhounds : They judge 

 « themfelves to be better than other Man-eaters, becaufe they eat not the Flefh of 

 " their Enemies, but of their own Relations, and thofe neither kill'd in the Wars, 

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