>66 Mr. WAFERS Defcription 



Care of; Befide thefe; Cares, the Women have that which 

 Children n ^ ore ■ immediately belongs to them, the Care of 

 Lying-in. their Children. When a Woman is delivered of a 

 Child, -another Woman takes it in her i5rms with- 

 in half an Hour or lefs after it is born, and takes 

 the lying-in Woman upon her Back, and goes with 

 both of them into the River and wafhes them there. 

 Nurfmg. The Child for the firft Month, is tied upon a 

 Board, . or piece of Macaw-wood fplit ("for that 

 ferves them ufually for Boards, having no Saws) 

 and this piece of Wood is fwathed to the Back of 

 the Child \ and their Children generally grow very 

 ftreight. When there is Occafion to clean the 

 Cjiild, they take it off from the Board, and wafli 

 it with cold Water and then fwathe it on again. 

 The Mother takes up the Child to give it Suck, 

 Board and all, and lays it down agiain in a little 

 Hammock made for that Purpofe ; the upper Part 

 pf which is kept open with fhort Sticks. 



As the Children grow up, the Boys are bred to 

 their Fathers Exercifes ; efpecially fhooting with 

 the Bow and Arrow, and throwing the Lance ; at 

 both which they are very expert. I have feen 

 Things performed by them with a Dexterity almoft 

 incredible : For Inftance, a little Boy of about $ 

 Years old, would fet a Cane up on end, and going 

 about 20 Paces from it, would fplit it with a Bow 

 and Arrow, and not mifs once in feveral ElTays. 

 This I have feen, and this is the chief of their Exer- 

 cife : And as they generally accompany their Fathers 

 on Flunting, (efpecially when about 10 or 12 Years 

 old, and big enough to carry their own Provifion, 

 and a Calabafh of Corn-Dririkj fo they will fhoot 

 little Birds they meet with, and ftrike in with the 

 Hunt, Their young Children they never carry a- 

 broad with them on a Journey, pr on a hunting or 

 fighting Expedition. The Boys, when grown forne- 

 ^hat big, always go abroad with the Father an4 



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