chap. vm. a M ET^l C A. 6{y 



Some of the painted Canoos made of the Trunks of Trees, will carry five or fix 

 Tuns. 



In their Wars they uie Bowes, poyfon'd Arrows, fliort. Truncheons of fpeckled tu .* 

 Wood, and Shields full of carv'd Images, and Fight without any Order. They go StSg* 

 upon no Defign but in the Night, and upon certain advantages. All Women and "^ 

 Children which they take Prifoners, are fold for Slaves, but the Men are cruelly 

 put to death. J 



There is but little of Religion that can be afcrib'd to thefe People, oncly that 

 fome mew Reverence to the Sun and Moon, which they believe are both living 

 Creatures ; but they make no Offerings to them. 



Their Funeral-Feafts for great Perions are ftrangely kept, »i K . all the Men ma- 

 king themfclves Drunk with the Liquor Tarranoro, Dance three or four days one 

 after another, and he that drinks moft, and is worft Drunk, gains the greateft Ho. 

 nor, whileft the Women lament and mourn for the Deceafed. 



Their Priefts, call'd Teeaios, are in great eftecm amongft them, bccaufe they pre- 

 tend that they Converfc with the Spirits Watt'tpa and Tonkin, which the Cuianians ex- 

 ceedingly fear, apprehending themfelves often beaten black and blue by them. 



The Teeaios alfo profefs themfelves to be Chirufgconsand Dottors, but if they 

 cure not their Patients, they go in danger of their Lives, unlefs they fpcedily get 



They burn their dead Bodies, together withthofe things the Deceafed affected 

 moft in his Lifetime. A Prince or Governor alfo hath his Slaves put to to death 

 at the time when he is burn'd, that they may ferve him in the other World. 



TheGj^vi-Rootprefs'd, boyl'd with Pepper, dry'd and bak'd on hot Stones, Mb** 

 fervcs the Natives for Bread. S** 



Each Grain that is Sown here produces in Harveft above fifteen hundred. 



Their Corn makes wholfom and well tafted Beer, call'd Tafia*, and of their 

 ftamp'd Cajfavi they make the Liquor Tarranov. 



In hollow Trees, and Caves under Ground, they find abundance of Honey . and 

 their Vines afford them excellent Grapes twice a year. 



No Plant is ever feen here without either Leaf, Bloffbm, or Fruit, except the 

 European Apple-Tree, which never changes its nature, but blolTomsand bears Fruit 

 at the fame time of the year as in Europe. 



The wild Hogs Tokkiero, whofe Navels grow on their Backs . and the Tangio, 

 not unlike our Swine, afford the Inhabitants excellent Food. 



Here are alfo Water-hogs, of a very delicious tafte ; but becaufe they are very 

 apprehenfive, and dive at the leaft noife, they are fcldom taken. 



The Woods are full of Baboons and Apes, as alfo the floththful Beaft Au 



The Hares here, being of a brown Colour, with white Specks, and the red Rab- 

 bets, are accounted great Delicacies. 



There is no Countrey in America, which breeds greater JrmadiUos than Guiana, 

 fome of them weighing eighty Pound. 



Here are alfo Bears, which live on nothing but Pifmires • they have long hairy 

 Tails, with which they cover their Bodies in rainy Weather . they put their 

 Tongues a Foot deep into the Pifmires Nefts, and fo pulls therri out. 



The Tygers here are either black, fpotted, or red . but the black exceed the other 

 in cruelty, yet are feldom fecn near inhabited places ; the fpotted and red devour 

 abundance of Cattel, but will feldom fet upon a Man, efpecially in the day-time. 



The Woods are alfo full of Land-Turtles, which the Inhabitants take, and keep 

 till they have occafion to make ufe of their Fleftr. 





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