of the u thmus/ America. i 



fo>large c/mpanies the Y make a great 

 Barbecue, t/n, twel-e,- or twenty Foot long, 

 or more, as the company is , and broad 

 proportionably • They fpread on it three or 

 .four Breadths of Plantain-leaves for a Ta- 

 ble-death. Every one has a Calabalh of 

 Water ftaniing by him at his R ight-Hand, 

 on the Ground. In eating , they dip the 

 two Fore-fingers of the Right-Hand bent 

 hook-wife, and take up therewith out of the 

 Dim, as with a Spoon, as much as they 

 can, (broking it a-crofs into their Mouths. At 

 every mouthful they dip theirFingers into the 

 Calabafh of Water by their Side , whether 

 for Cleanlinefs or Cooling, I know not; for 

 they eat their Meat exceffive hot, as well 

 as violently pepper d. They eat nothing with 

 it as Bread 5 but when they have a lump of 

 Salt (which is rare) at every three or four 

 Mouthfuls they ftroke it over their Tongue, 

 to give a Relilh, and then lay it down a- 

 gain. 



The Indians^htn they travel, guide them- Their 

 felves either by the Sun, when itfhines,or by vcl!,! ^ 

 fleering towards fuch a determinate Point, 

 obferving the bending of the Trees, accord- 

 ing as the Wind is. If they are at a lofs 

 this way, they notch the Barks of Trees, 

 to fee which fide is thickeft ^ which is al- 

 ways the South , or Sunny fide ; and their 

 way lies generally through Woods. They 

 go alfo through Swamps, Boggs, Rivers,dv. 

 > - where. 



