i?o Mr. W A F E RV Defer iption 



the Houfe, on the Ground $ the Smoke go ; 

 ing out at a hole on the top,or at the Crevifes 

 in the Thatch. The Houfe is not fo much 

 parted into Rooms, as all of it a Gutter 

 of Hovels, joining together into one Houfe, 

 No Stories, no Doors, nor Shelves 5 nor o- 

 ther 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. 



war- Several Houfes in a Village or Neighbour- 

 Forr S ° r ^ OCK ' ? have one War-houfe or Fort in com- 

 mon to them 5 which i$ generally at leaft 1 20 

 or 1 30 Foot long, about 25 broad, the Wall 

 about nine or ten foot high 3 and in all to the 

 top of the Ridge about twenty Foot $ and co- 

 ver'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 thefeWai -houfes are full of Holes, each 

 about as wide as ones Fift $ but made here 

 and there at Random in no regular Figure or 

 Order, Out of thefe they view an aproach- 

 ing Enemy, and (hoot their Arrows. They 

 have no way of flanking an Enemy. Thefe 

 Houfes are always feated on a Level, on 

 the Na p or Edge of a gentle Hill 3 and they 

 clear the Coaft of Woods and Shrubs, for 

 a Bows-fhoot quite round it. There is a 

 Door-way at each end 5 and to Barricado 

 it, a fdrt of Door made of Macaw-wood 



