ii6 Mr. WAF E R V Description 



Wife, nor give her any hard Words : Nor 

 even in the Quarrels, which they are wont 

 to have in their Cups, do they (hew any 

 itoughnefs towards their Women who at- 



tend them. 



Care of Befide thefe Cares, the Women have that 

 children. w ^* c h more immediately belongs to them, 

 tying-in. the Care of their Children. When a Wo- 

 man is deliver d of a Child, another Wo- 

 man takes it in her Arms within half an hour 

 or lefs after 'tis born, and takes the lying-in 

 Woman upon her B^ck, and goes with both 

 of them into the River and wafhes them 

 Barfing, there. The Child for the firft Month is ti- 

 ed upon a Board, or piece of Macaw-wood 

 fplit ( for that ferves them ufiially for 

 Boards, having no Saws) and this piece of 

 Wood is fwathed to the Back of the Child • 

 and their Children generally grow very 

 ftreight. When their is occafion to clean 

 the Child, they take it off from the Board, 

 and wafh it with cold Water $ and then 

 fwath it on again. The Mother takes up 

 tlie Child to give it Suck, Board and all, 

 and lays it down again in a little Ham- 

 mock made for that pnrpofe 5 the upper 

 part of which is kept open with ftiort 

 Sticks. 



As the Children grow up, the Boys are bred 

 **J*hc to ^ eir Fat ^ ers Exercifes 5 efpecially (hoot- 

 Bovs. nC ing with the Bow and Arrow, and throw- 

 ing the Lance ^ at both which they are very 



expert* 



