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in the dcflined victim of their venge- 

 ance. When this is effected, they meet 

 him at feme feftival, and engage him 

 to drink with them, drinking firft them- 

 felves to obviate fuipicion, "and after- 

 wards fecretly dropping the poifon, rea- 

 dy concealed under their nails, which 

 are ufually long, into the drink. Thefe 

 accidents, however, are not frequent; 

 and that they mould fometimes happen 

 is not fo furprizing, as that they do not, 

 oftener intervene in a ftate in which 

 there is no judicial punifhment for 

 crimes, nor any other fatisfaction for 

 injuries, but what is procured by vio- 

 lence. To violate the chaftity of a wife, 

 is almoft the only injury that draws 

 down this fatal vengeance. They fre- 

 quently make incurfions on their inte- 

 rior neighbours, like the Carribbees> 

 for flaves ; and the vicinity of their re- 

 sidence particularly expofes them to re- 



prifals from thofe injured tribes. To 



prevent 



