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and therefore all the other tribes, who 

 have lefs induftry, content themfelves 

 with hammocks made either from cot- 

 ton yarn, or the twifted bark of the 

 Samee tree, connected by net - work. 

 They likewife form the teeth of fifh 

 into fmall cylinders, which they perfo- 

 rate with a fmall hole from end to end, 

 and then cut the cylinder into many 

 fmall pieces, w 7 hich compofe fo many 

 white, fmooth, fhining beads, which are 

 ftrung, and worn for ornament. 



Their arms are either bows and ar- 

 rows, poifon arrows, which are blown 

 thro' a hollow reed, or large heavy clubs, 

 made of iron- wood, &c. which are 

 large at one end, with fharp edges, with 

 which they divide the fkull of an ene- 

 my at a fingle blow. They have, how- 

 ever, ufually lived in harmony with the 

 neighbouring tribes, until of late they 

 have been corrupted by the Dzttc/j, and 



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