of the Ifthmus of America- 133 

 hangs -them to the Ridge-pole of the Houfe, <^re ro 

 where none can get at them but himfelf : qiaSing, 

 For they are very quarelfome in their 

 Drink: They continue drinking Night and 

 Day, till all the Liquor is fpeht -5 which 

 lafts ufually three or four Days. During 

 which fome are always drinking, while o- 

 thers are drunk and fleeping : And when all 

 the Drink is out, and they have recover'd 

 their Senfes , they all return to their own 

 Homes. 



They have Feafting on other Occafi- other 

 ons alfo 5 as after a great Council held, ^ ea ^ 5 and 

 or any other Meeting 5 which they have 

 fometimes only for merriment. The Men 

 conftantly drink to one another at Meals, 

 fpeaking fome Word, and reaching out the 

 Cup towards the Ferfon they drink to. 

 They never drink to their Women ^ but thefe 

 conftantly ftand by and attend thein while 

 they are eating 5 take the Cup of any one 

 who has drank , throw out the remainder 

 of the Liquor, rinfe it, and give it full to 

 another. The Women at all Feafts, and in 

 their own Houfes, wait on their Husband? 

 till they have done 5 and then go and eat 

 by themfelves, or with one another. 



The Men, when they are at home, trouble The Mens 

 themfelves little with any Bufinefs 3 but that Em P;°y- 

 they may not be quite idle, they will be of- mencs ' 

 ten making them Cups and Baskets, Arrows 

 and Heads for them, Lances, Nets, and the 

 like, K 3 The 



