of the Ifthmus of America. fp 



it red as Blood. I dipt therein a piece of 

 Cotton, which it died of a good Red 5 and 

 when I wafli'd it, it turn'd but a little paler, 

 which I imputed to the want only of fome- 

 thing to fix the Colour ^ for no warning 

 could fetch<out the Tincture. 'Twas a bright 

 and gloffy Red, very lively. 



The Indians have feveral Roots which Potato's. 

 they plant $ efpecially Potato's, which they 

 roaft and eat. 



They do the fame alfo by Tarns 5 of rams. 

 which they have two forts, a White and a 

 Purple. 



They have a Pvoot call'd Cajfava, not capv*. 

 much unlike a Parfnip. There are two 

 forts alfo of thefe, a Sweet, and a Poifo- 

 nous. The Sweet fort they roaft and eat 

 as they do Potato's or Yams. Of the Poi- 

 fonous they make Bread, having firftprefs'd 

 out the Juice, which is noxious. Part of 

 the remaining Subftance they grate to a 

 Powder $ and having a Baking-ftone , or 

 Trivet fet over a Fire, they ftrew the 

 Flower over the hot Stone gradually, which 

 Bakes it all to a Cake., the bottom hard- 

 bak'd and 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 Jamaica they ufe them 

 frequently inftead of Bread $ and fo in other 

 of the Weft-IndianlQands. 



Thffe Indians have Tobacco among them, tvktccs. 



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