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refumes the difcharge of her domeftic 

 employments. 



Children here are fcarce ever bora 

 with natural imperfections ; it is very 

 uncommon to fee an Indian either lame 

 or deformed. The children, inftead of 

 being opprefled with excefs of care and 

 indulgence, pafs a ftate of infancy with- 

 out receiving much attention or affift- 

 ance from the parents, except food on- 

 ly: but this negledt is far from proving 

 detrimental, and they much fooner ac- 

 quire ftrength and felf - fufficiency. 

 " Mollis ilia educatio, quam indulgen- 

 f« tiam vocamus, nervos omnes et men- 

 " tis et corporis friget*." The males, 

 3s they grow towards manhood, attend 

 the father in hunting ; and by habitude 

 and experience acquire a degree of fa- 

 gacity and expertnefs at this exercife, 



* Quintil, lib. i. cap. 3, 



by 



