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of Maiz in their Mouths, which they {pit ho ^' 

 out each into a Gourd or Calabafn : And raenK r 

 when they think they have afufficient quan- 

 tity of this Spittle and Maiz in the Cala- 

 bames, they empty them into the Trough of 

 Water, after having firft taken out the Maiz 

 that was infus'd in it $ and this ferves in-? 

 ftead of Barm or Yeaft, fetting all the 

 Trough of Liquor in a fmall Ferment. 

 When it has done working they draw it off 

 clean from the Sediment into another 

 Trough, and then 'tis ready for ufe. It 

 taftes Hke four fmall Beer, yet 'tis very in- 

 toxicating. They drink large Quantities 

 of it, and are very fond of it : It makes 

 them belch very much. This is their choice 

 Drink 3 for ordinarily they drink plain Wa- 

 ter or Mifldw. 



MiJIcw is a Drink made of Ripe Plan- M -,ji 4W 0 f 

 tains : There is of two forts, one made of Plantains, 

 Plantains frefh-gather'd, the other of dry 

 ones. The former they roaft in its Cod, 

 which peeling of, they put the Plantain in- 

 to a Calabafh of Water, and mafti it with 

 their Hands, till 'tis all diflolved 5 and then 

 they drink it up with the Water. The o- 

 ther is made of Cakes or Lumps of Plan-r 

 tain dried 3 for the Plantains when ripe and 

 gather'd, will not keep, but quickly grow 

 rotten if left in the Cod. To preferve 

 them therefore, they make a Mafs of the 

 Pulp of a great many of the ripe Plantains, 



which 



