of the Ifthmus of America. i 19 



Their Houfes lie moftly thin and fcatter- u le : r 

 ing', efpecially in new Plantations, and al- Houfes 5 

 ways by a River fide. Rut in fome Places 

 there are a pretty many together, fo as to 

 make a Town or Village $ yet not (land- 

 ing clofe or orderly in Rows or Streets, but and h 

 dispers'd here and there, like our Villages leated, 

 on Commons, or in Wood-lands. They 

 have Plantations lying about them, fome 

 at a nearer, others a greater d'ftance, re- 

 ferring ftill a Place to build the common 

 War-houfe on. They change not their 

 Seats or Houfes, unlefs either for fear of the 

 Neighbouring Spaniards, if they think them 

 too much acquainted with the place of their 

 Abode 5 or to mend their Commons, 

 when the Ground is worn out of He art 5 for 

 they never manure not. 



In building they lay no Foundations, on- and built, 

 ly dig Holes two or three Feet afunder 5 in 

 which they fet fmall Ports upright, of an 

 equal heighth, of fix, feven, or eight foot 

 high. The Walls are wailed up with Sticks, 

 and daub'd over with Earth : And from 

 thefe Walls the Roof runs in fmall Raf- 

 ters, meeting in a Ridge, and covered 

 with Leaves of fome Trees of the Palm 

 kind. 



The Building is all irregular. The 

 Length is about '24 or 25 Foot 3 The 

 Breadth proportionable. There is no Chim- 

 ney, but the Fire is made in the middle of 



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