of the I [land of Bavhadocs, 



i mixt fort of bread, and is made of the flower ofAf./jies and Cdjjavie niixt 

 ! together^ for the Mayes xtikMWiW make no bread , it is fo cxtream 

 j heavy and lurapidi / But thcfe two being niixt, they make it into large 

 Cakes, two inches thick 5 andthat, in myopinion^ taftes the hkeft to 

 Englijh bread of any. 



But the Negroes ufe the /I/^^ej- another Way, whi:h is, tdafting the 

 ears ofitat the fire^ andfo eating it warmoffthe ear. And we have 

 a way, to feed our Chriftian fervants with this Mayes ^ which is , by 

 pounding it in a large Morter, and boyhng it in water, to the thick- 

 iiefs of Frumenty 5 andfb put in a Tray fiich a quantity, aswillferve a 

 mefs of fevenor eight people 5 give it them cold , and (carce afford 

 them fait with it. This we call Lob-lollk. But the Negrses^ when they 

 come to be fid with this, ai-e much difcontented, and cry out, 0\0\ 

 no moreLoh-Uh. 



The third fort of bread we ufe , is only Potatoes , which are cho- 

 fenout of the dry eft and largeft they can choofe And atrhetime we 

 firft came, there was little elfe ufed, at many good Planters Tables in 

 theliland. And thefeareallthe forts of bread that I know growing 

 upon the place. 



The next thing that comes in ordet", is Drink, which being made 

 of feveral materials, afford more variety in the defcription. The 

 firfl, and that which is moft ufed in the Ifland, is Mohhie^ a drink made 

 of Potatoes, and thus done. Put the Potatoes into a tub of water,and, 

 with a broom, flir them up and dow||, till they are wafht clean 5 then 

 take them our, and put them into a large iron or brafspot, fiich as 

 you boy 1 beef in, in 5 and put to them as much water, aswill 



only cover a quarter part of them 5 and cover the top of the pot with 

 a piece of thick canvas doubled, orfuch cloth as facks are made with, 

 covering itclofe, that the fteam go not out. Then make a little fire 

 underneath, fb much only as will caufethefe roots to flew 5 and when 

 they are fbft, take them out, and with your hands^fqueeze, break, and 

 mafh them very fmali, in fair water 3 letting them ftay there, till the 

 water has drav/n and fuckt out all the fpirit of the roots 5 which will 

 be done in da hour or two. Then put the liquor and roots into a 

 large woollen bag, like a jelly-bag, pointed at the bottom 5 and let 

 it run through that, into ajar, and within two hours it will begin to 

 work. Cover it, and let it ff and till the next day, and then 'tis fit to 

 "be drunk. And as you will have it flronger or fmallet, put in greater 

 or lefTer quantities ofrdots^ fbmemake it fb ftrong, as to be drurik 

 with fmall quantities. Butthe drink it felf, being temperately made, 

 does not at all fly up into the head, but is a fprightly thirft-quenching 

 drink. If it be put up in fmall casksj. as Rundlets, or Firkins,it will laft 

 four or five dayes good, and drink much more fprightly than out of 

 the Jar. I cannot liken it to any thing fb near, as Rhenijh-vpine in the 

 Murt 3 but it is (hort of it in the flrength of the fpitit , and fincnefs of 

 the taflc. 



There arc two feveral layers, in which thefe roots grow 5 one 

 makes the skins of the Potatoes white, the other red : And where the 

 red roots grow, the Mobbie^ will be red like cUret-vphje 3 the other 

 white. 



Though this be the drink moft generally ufed in the Ifland, yet I 



cannot commend the wholfomnefs of it 



I 2 



for , the moft part of the 

 roots 



Drinks Cj 

 Mobbie, 



