of the Ifthmus of America. $$$ 



mons, or in Wood-lands. They have Plantations ly- 

 ing about them, fome at a nearer, others at a great- 

 er Diftance, referring ftill a Place to build the com- 

 mon War-houfe on. They change not their Seats 

 or Houfes, unlefs either for fear of the Neighbour- 

 ing Spaniards^ if they think them too much ac- 

 quainted with the Place of their Abode ; or to 

 mend their Commons, when the Ground is worn 

 out of Heart \ for they never manure it. 



In building they lay no Foundations, only dig an a built. 

 Holes 2 or 3 Feet afunder ; in which they fet fmall 

 Pofts upright, of an equal Heighth, of 6, 7, or 

 8 Foot high. The Walls are walled up with Sticks, 

 and daub'd over with Ear th : And from thefe Walls 

 the Roof runs in fmall Rafters, meeting in a Ridge, 

 and covered with Leaves of fome Trees of the 

 Palm-kind. 



The Building is all irregular. The Length is a- 

 bout 24 or 25 Foot; the Breadth proportionable. 

 There is no Chimney, but the Fire is made in the 

 Middle of the Houfe, on the Ground ; the Smoke 

 going out at a Hole on the Top, or at the Crevifes 

 in the Thatch. The Houfe is not fo much parted 

 into Roems, as all of it a Clufter of Hovels, join- 

 ing together in one Houfe. No Stories, no Ddors, 

 nor Shelves, nor other Seats, than Logs of Wood. 

 Every one of the Family has a Hammock tied up, 

 hanging from End to End of the Hovel or Room. 



Several Houfes in a Village or Neighbourhood, War- 

 have one War-houfe or Fort in common to them > p^[^° X ' 

 which is generally at leaft 120 or 130 Foot long, 

 about 25 broad, the Wall about 9 or 10 Foot high ; 

 and in all to the Top of the Ridge about 20 Foot \ 

 and cover'd with Leaves as their other Houfes. The 

 Materials and Method of Building are alfo much 

 the fame as in the other Houfes ; but there are no 

 Partitions. The Sides and Ends of thefe War- 

 houfes are full of Holes, each about as wide as one's 



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