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Ye3t $ ndver regarding whether their Veni- 

 fon He in Seafon or not. They take with 

 them one or two Dogs a piece, to beat 

 about r and there go as w 7 ell Women as 

 Men. When I went with them a Hunt- 

 ing a: young Woman was appointed me 

 to wait on me, and carry my Basket of Pro- 

 visions. 



The Women carry in their Baskets, Provifions, 

 Plantains, Bona noes, Yams, Potatoes and 

 Caffava-roots, ready roafted 3 but in the 

 Woods, among the ruind Plantations, 

 they often meet with green Plantains which 

 they drefs there, and with thefe Roots : 

 So that if they go defignedly among fuch 

 Plantations, they carry the left with them. 

 They carry alfo fome parch'd Maiz in Meal 

 or Flower, and fome ripe Plantains raw to 

 make Mi/law with. This is all their Provi- 

 sion. Every Woman carries a Calabafh 5 

 and there are one or two Pipkins among 

 them all. The Men carry Bows and Ar- 

 rows , a Tamahock or little Axe, and a Ma- 

 chete. All go barefoot, and are often 

 fcratch'd in the Woods, but matter it not. 

 They hunt Fecarj/^ Warrec^Sliiaums^ Chicdy-^Q^^, 

 Chicalees y Corrofouf, or any other Bead or Bird 

 they meet with, except Monkeys and Deer. 

 The Fowls, and what will not be fo eafily 

 prefer v'd, they eat prefently. They lodge all 

 Night at any place where they happen to 

 be? at Sun-fet, fo if be near a Brook or Ri- 

 ver, 



