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The Naftinefs alone of the Cabins, and the Stench which na- 



cTL \T a- r ^ turally arifes from it, is a real Punifhmçnt to 

 V he rJa/ttnefs of u . o t • r - ^ 



the Sa^ao-es ^"^^ ^"^^ ^ oavage. It is eafy to judge 



^ ^' how far both mull go among People who 



never change their Linen or Clothes but when they drop to 

 f*ieces, and who take no Care to wafh them. In Summer they 

 bathe every Day ; but they rub themfelves diredlly with Oil or 

 Greafe of a flrong Scent. In Winter they continue in their 

 Filth, and in all Seafons one cannot enter into their Cabins with- 

 out being almofl: poifoned. 



All they eat is not only without any Seafoning, and commonly 

 yery iniipid, but there reigns in their Meals a Slovenlinefs which 

 exceeds all Defcription. What I have feen, and what I have 

 heard, would frighten you. There are few Animals who do not 

 feed cleaner. And after we have feen what paffes among thefe 

 People in this Article, one can no longer doubt that Fancy has 

 à great Share in our Antipathies ; and that many MefTes, which 

 really hurt our Health, do not produce this Effeél but by the 

 Power of thefe Antipathies, and by the little Courage we have 

 to conquer them. 



We mull neverthelefs acknowledge, that Things are a little 

 changed in all thefe Articles fince our Arrival in this Country. 

 I have feen fome who have endeavoured to procure themfelves 

 fome Conveni'encies, which perhaps they will foon find it hard to 

 be deprived of. Some begin alfo to take a little more Precau- 

 tion not to find tliemfelves unprovided, when the Chace fails ; 

 and among thofe who dwell in the Colony, there is little to add 

 to make them arrive at the Point of having tolerable Necefia- 

 ries : But it is to be feared, when they are got fo far, they will 

 foon go farther, and feek for Superfluities, which will make 

 them more unhappy Hill, than they are at prefent in the midfl 

 of the greatell Indigence. 



However, it will not be the Miffionaries who will expofe them 

 to this Danger. Being perfuaded that it is morally impolfible to 

 take' the exad Medium, and keep within it, they much rather 

 chufe to partake with thefe People of what is mofl troublefcme 

 in their Way of living, than to open their Eyes on the Means 

 of finding out Conveniencies : And indeed thofe who are Wit« 

 îiefTes of their Sufferings, can hardly conceive how they can fup- 

 port J:hem ; and the rather, becaufe they have no Relaxation, 

 and that all the Seafons have their particular Inconveniencies. 

 As their Villages are always fituated' near Woods, or on the 

 J . Side of fome Water, and often between both. 



Ibe Incon^^em^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^ hegms to grow warm, the 

 enaesof the Sum^ Mufketoes, and an infinite Number of other 

 tner Jor tpe ^a- ç^^\\YXits, begin a Perfecution more grievous 

 than the Smoke^, which we are often obliged 



to 



