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quantity of animal food, which at pre- 

 fent we devour with fo much avidity. 



Monf. de la Condamme, I think, can- 

 not allude to the Carribbee Indians, 

 when he mentions a nation of Canni- 

 bals. * North of the River of the Ama- 

 zons ; and yet I have never heard of 

 any other tribe of Indiajis in Guiana, 

 who eat human flefh. 



The Dutch maintain a traffic with 

 the Carribbee Indians for canoes of dif- 

 ferent magnitudes, from feventy to 

 ten feet in length, which are formed 

 out of fingle trees, rendered hollow by 

 fire; for cotton hammocks, fpun and 



* Car quoiqu'il n'y ait pas aujourd'hui d'An- 

 thropophages le long des bords du Maranon, il 

 y a encore dans les terres, particulierement , du 

 cote du Nord, & en remontant l'Yupara, des Iri- 

 diens qui mangent leurs prifonniers. — Vide Re- 

 lation abregee cTun Voyage fait dans TInierieur de 

 VAmerique, &c. 



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