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method, belides that the heat produced by it is ex- 

 tremely great, has yet this other advantage, that it 

 caufes no vapour at all. In general, like the Ruffians, 

 they are exceedingly fond of hot-bathing. The kitchen 

 belongs to numbers of huts in common, being provided 

 with large apertures all round it, for that purpofe. To 

 conclude ; their way of life is very thievifh : he that 

 can fteal the oftenerl, the moft at a time, and the moft 

 dextroufly, acquires the greateffc reputation. Polyga- 

 my is not in ufe among them. It but rarely happens 

 that a man has two wives ; but it is a very common 

 thing for a beautiful and buxom woman to have two or 

 three hufbands ; who, in that cafe, are never jealous of 

 one another, but live on the bell: terms and in perfect 

 harmony. 



None of thefe tribes have any land-carriages ; neither 

 are there in thofe parts any animals that could be ufed 

 for draught. To this afTertion dogs may perhaps be an 

 exception ; but they are never employed in that 

 manner. 



The inhabitants of the coaft of America and the cir- 

 cumjacent illands traverfe the lakes and rivers in their 

 baidars : of the culioms of thofe that live farther within 

 the country I can fay nothing, as I have had no inter- 

 courfe with them. 



Of the deity they have not even the flighteft concep- 

 tion ; and, though they relate that there are two rulers 

 of the world, or fovereign fpirits, the one good and 

 the other evil, yet they make no lijcenefs whatever of 

 either ; neither do they pay them any worfhip, and 

 Jiave no fort of idols. Nor have they any thing far- 

 ther to fay of thefe two beings, than that the good one 



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