3 68 Mr, WAFERS Ttefcription 



~ Plantations, thej often meet with green Plantains 

 which they drefs there, and with thefe Roots : Sd 

 that if they go defignedly among fuch Plantations, 

 they carry the lefs with them. They carry alio 

 fome parch ? d Maiz in Meal or Flower, and fome 

 ripe Plaintains raw to make Mi/law with.. This is 

 all their Provifion. Every Woman carries a Cala- 

 bafh and there are one or two Pipkins among 

 them all. The Men carry Bows and Arrows, a 

 Tamahock or little Axe, and a Macheat. All go 

 Barefoot, and are often fcratch'd in the Woods, 

 but matter it not. They hunt Pecary^ Warree^ 



TheGame ^uaums y Chicaly-Cbicakes, Corrojbu's, or any other 

 Beaft or Bird they meet with, except Monkeys and 

 Deer. The Fowls, and what will not be fo eafily 

 preferv'd, they eat prefently. They lodge all 

 Night at any place where they happen to be at Sun- 

 fet, fo it be near a Brook or River, and on the Nap 

 of the Hill. They hang up their Hammocks be- 

 tween two Trees, and cover themfelves with a 

 Plantain-Leaf, for Shelter from Rain, Wind, &c; 

 with a Fire all Night by the Hammock. They ne- 

 ver hunt after Sun-let ; and begin not again till 

 Sun-rife. Their chief Game are the Pecary and 

 Warree ; neither of which are fwift of Foot. They 

 go in Droves, often 2 or 300; fo that if the In~ 

 dians come upon them unawares, they ufually kill 

 fome by random Shot among them. But elfe, they 

 are many Times a whole Day without getting any ; 

 or fo few, confidering how many they ftart, that 

 it feems a great Toil to little Purpofe. I have feen 

 about a thoufand ftarted, in feveral Droves, when 

 I was a hunting with them \ of which we killed but 

 two, as I remember. Sometimes when they are 

 fhot, they carry away the Arrows quite. When 

 the Beaft is tir'd, it will ftand at a Bay with the 

 Dogs ; which will fet him round, lying clofe, not 

 daring to feize, but fnapping at the Buttocks 5 and 



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