to the Gold Mines ^ &c. 



Corn, and then drop it into a Cahbafh, from 

 whence they put it to boil, and fo drink it. 



On the 1 6th. Don Pedro returned, with 

 our Captains , and brought feveral of his 

 Wives and Grandees to attend him, with 14 

 Indians ^ which were to ferve fcr Pilots up the 

 River in our Canoes ; one of the Women 

 was Pedro s Wife, who was very richly Dreft, 

 with Corals, and other Stones, which were 

 put on Strings, round her Hands, Arms, 

 Legs, and Neck, to a very great value: I 

 was informed by Captain Chriftian that he 

 had feveral Wives irore, and that he had 

 had a Child by one of his own Daughters, 

 and that that is very common among them 5 

 it is their way, that whenever they Marry 

 their Daughters, that the Father (if able) 

 lies with them firft, if fhe is a Maid, and if 

 the Father is very Old, and paft his Labour, 

 then theEldeft Son does that Office, and the 

 next day all his and her Friends meet, and 

 put them together: This Captain Chriftian is 

 very well acquainted with all their Methods, 

 for he lived among them fome Years, when 

 he was out a Roving on the Account , as the 

 Jamaica Men call it, but it is downright Pi- 

 rating, they making their own Commiflions 

 on the Capftane. 



This done we fet Sail, and on the 19th. 

 arrived near the Barkadeers, or the place of 

 landing, the River we went up was one of 

 the pleafanteft that ever I was in, being very 

 broad, and deep enough for any Ship to 



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