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Tlley refidc chiefly on the fca-coaft be* 

 tween EJfegueho and the Great River 

 Oronoque. They are of a middle fta- 

 ture, well made, with regular and a- 

 greeable features. They have a fpright- 

 ly vivid countenance, and their com- 

 plexion is the whitelt of all the four 

 tribes, the Arrowauks excepted. Their 

 language is manly, and very articulate, 

 but is pronounced with a degree of 

 fharpnefs and vivacity correfponding to 

 their natural difppfition. They pradtife 

 polygamy, and have War-captains, tho* 

 no Sovereigns, or Magiftrates. There 

 is no divifion of land among them, eve- 

 ry one cultivating in proportion to his 

 wants and induftry ; and as they arc 

 lefs indolent than the other tribes, they 

 till much more ground than any of 

 them, tho' a fmall portion fuffices even 

 for them, as they cultivate very little 

 except Plantins and Cajfava or Manioc ; , 



from thefe thev make bread ; and from 



thefe, \ 



