of the Ifthmus of America."" 327 



Subflance they grate to a Powder ; and having a 

 Baking-ftone, or Trivet fet over a Fire, they ft re w 

 the Flower over the hot Stone gradually, w r hich 

 bakes it all to a Cake, the Bottom hard-bak'd an$ 

 brown, the reft rough and white, like our Oat- 

 cakes ; they ufe to hang them on the Houfes or 

 Hedges, where they dry and grow crifp. In Ja- 

 maica they ufe them frequently inftead of Bread; 

 and fo in other of the Weft-Indian Mands. 



Thefe Indians have Tobacco among them. itTobaec?. 

 grows as the Tobacco in Virginia, but is not fo 

 ftrong : Perhaps for want of transplanting and ma- 

 nuring, which the Indians don't well underftand i 

 for they only raife it from the Seed in their Planta- 

 tions. When 'tis dried and cured they ftrip it from 



* the Stalks ; and laying 2 or 3 Leaves upon one a- 

 nother, they roll up all together fideways into a 

 long Roll, yet leaving a little Hollow. Round 



% this they roll other Leaves one after another, in the 

 fame Manner, but clofe and hard, till the Roll be 

 as big as one's Wrift, and 2 or 3 Feet in length. 

 Their way of fmoaking when they are in Company ~in&ian 

 together, is thus : A Boy lights one end of a Roll way of 

 and burns it to a Coal, wetting the partftext it roW^*#J 

 keep it from wafting too faft. The end fo lighted 

 he puts into his Mouth, and blows the Smoak 

 through the whole Length of the Roll into the 

 Face of every one of the Company or Council, 

 though there be 2 or 300 of them. Then they, 

 fitting in their ufual Pofture upon Forms, make, 

 with their Hands held hollow together a kind of 

 Funnel round their Mouths and Nofes. Into this 

 they receive the Smoak as 'tis blown upon them, 

 fnuffingit up greedily and ftrongly, as long as ever 

 they are able to hold their Breath, and fecming to 

 blefs themfelves, as it were, with the Refrefhrneht 

 it gives them. 



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