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thefe, by fermentation, they make a li- 

 quor fomewhat like ale, of which more 

 hereafter. They live contiguous to each 

 other, and by blowing a fhell, a thou- 

 sand of them may be collefted in half 

 an hour. They paint immoderately, 

 chiefly with Arnotta, or Roucou. 



Wars, hunting, and fifhing are the 

 chief employments of the men j agri- 

 culture and domeftic concerns are aban- 

 doned to the women and children, who 

 likewife fpin cotton by the hand, but 

 flowly, for want of a proper machine * 

 from this they weave hammocks, but 

 in a very flow and tedious manner, for 

 want of inftrudion to employ their la- 

 bour to advantage. Their manner of 

 weaving is by winding the cotton, when 

 fpun, round two fmall wooden flicks 

 of Sufficient length, placed at about fe- 

 ven feel diflance from each other, di£ 

 pofing the threads fit^gly, parallel a*id 



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