The T*ps. 



The Mttrajht 

 vt> ace as. 



The Hatri- 



tbiahans. 



<jk> <tA M E %1 C A. Chap. VIII. 



fame between the Capes Orange and Comariboo, into the Northern Ocean. 



Mod of the Rivers in Guiana lie full of Ides, and cannot be Navigated far, by 

 reafon of the great Water-falls. 



The Yayos, who inhabit on the Banks of the fore-mention'd River, are People of 

 a good Difpofition, and go naked : they catch Fifh after a ftrange manner . for 

 they onely throw the ftrong fmelling Wood Ayaw in the Water, which works Co 

 upon the Fifh, that they fuffer themfelves to be caught with the Hand. The well* 

 known AmericanKoot QaffaVi kxves them for Bread, being bak'd in round Cakes 

 on hot Scones : of the Cakes they alio make the Liquor <Perrinoe, which taftes al- 

 moft like ftale Beer, and is prepar'd by old Women and little Children, which 

 chew the Cajfavi, and fpit the fame into a Pot full of Water, which having ftood 

 a while, they ftrain the fame through a Cloth, and fet it a working with Potato- 

 Roots, 



They are troubled with no Vermine, not fo much as the little Fleas Niquat, 

 by the Spaniards call'd Cbigos, which creep in between the Nails. 



On the Sea-Coaft are many Tortoifes, whofe Flcfli is of a delicious tafte, but 

 heavy to digeft. 



Sheep and Oxen will not thrive here, but Swine would thrive exceedingly, if 

 their Dugs were not bit off in the Night by the Bats. 



The River Wiapoco hath many dangerous Water- falls, the one much higher than 

 the other ; a little way beyond the firft of them the Stream Army falls into V/tapoco. 

 Three days Journey Wefterly dwell t\i^Marafl)ewaccas i whofe Ears hang down 

 on their Shoulders . they worfliip for their Deity, an Image reprefenting a Man, 

 who fitting flat on the Ground, with his Legs ftretch'd out, leans with his Elbows 

 on his Knees, and holding up his Hands, gapes and flares up towards Heaven. 



North- Weft from Wiapoco rifes the Mountain Gomeribo, which produces Maistf 

 Tobacco, Cotton*Trees, and Vines. 



In the fame place the Creek Wainary runs Weftwardly with frefh Water a days 

 Journey into the Countrey ; and from the faid Creek a high Mountain, fit for the 

 produ&ion of Sugar and Tobacco, extends it felf to the River Apur^aca y where the 

 Wiopocaries inhabit a great Tradfc of Land. . 



North- Weft from Wiapoco flows the River Aperwacque, whofe mountainous Shores 

 bear Brafele Wood and wild Cinamon. The Stream it felf takes its original out of 

 a large Lake, in the middle whereof lies a thrce*corner'd Ifle. South-Eaft from the 

 Lake dwell the Harrithiabans , beyond whofe Countrey are the Rivers Cauwo, Wia y znd 

 Cajani. On the Banks of the firft dwelt, Anno i ^6. according to the Relation of 

 Laurence l^ey mis, a People call'd Jaos, driven by the Spaniards from Moruga, and who 

 formerly poffefs'd the greateft part of Guiana ; they diftinguifh themfelves from 

 other People, by pricking their Faces full of Holes with the Tooth of a Beaft not 

 unlike a Rat : But at prefent, the Jaos being departed from hence, the Countrey 

 lies defolate. 



The Wia, which fprings a great way up in the Countrey, hath a wide Mouth, 

 and near feveral [(lands convenient Harbors : The biggeft of thclfles, inhabited by 

 the Shebaios, is full of Provifions, Vfcfc Fowl, Fifti, excellent Fruit, wild Hogs, and 



other Beafts. 



The triangular Ifles, lying more Wefterly, arc alfo very fruitful, but not com- 

 parable to Go^atery. So far as the Coaft extends it felf with high Mountains, it is 

 overgrown with Srafile Wood, but the lower Grounds produce Cotton, Pepper, 

 Silk, Balfam, and the Root Wiapajfa 2 w&in% like Ginger, and exceeding good againft 

 a Lask, or the Headache. 



Before 



