of John Cockburn, &fc. 153 

 as in other Parts of this Country ; they go 

 into the Savanna's and catch young Calves, 

 which they bring home and incloTe in a 

 Pen, raifed high on Purpofe to preferve 

 them from Tigers, and other Beafts of Prey, 

 but leave one Place open for the Cows to 

 get in, who will not fail to come in the 

 Night, and fuckle them. In the Morning 

 they drive them out, and tie a Calf to the 

 fore Leg of each Cow, and whilft Ihe is 

 licking her young one, they milk her ; but 

 they make little other Ufeof the Milk, than 

 to get the Cream, which they keep in Cala- 

 baflies to eat with their Plantains ; fo that, 

 if we happened to come any where, w T hen 

 they were milking, they never denied us as 

 much as we could drink. Thefe Indians 

 told us, we might get to Nicoya in ten or 

 fifteen Days, and at parting, gave us as 

 much ferk Beef as we were willing to have. 

 This Meat is in long Slips, and fo dry'd by 

 the Sun to make it keep, that it is hard 

 and infipid as a Stick; whenever we drelfed 

 afterward any of it, we were forced to malh 

 it between two Stones^ otherwife we could 

 never have ate it. 



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