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either their Obedience to his Commands, 

 or to fee how charitable they would be to 

 us ; for he fent us no more than once to 

 them, and then we were entertained very 

 civilly. We found the Table fet out in 

 great Order, the Table- cloth being a large 

 green Leaf about twelve Foot long, and 

 five Foot broad. This Leaf grows on a 

 Stalk, about fifteen or twenty Foot high^ 

 which bears but one Leaf at a Time, and 

 that on the very Top. Then we were 

 ferved every Man, with fome Beef and a 

 Tomala; and after that, they brought us 

 Fruit of feveral Sorts, as ripe Plantains, and 

 Sopotoes, which are a very delicious Fruit. 

 After Dinner we returned to the Alcald, and 

 gave him an Account of the good Reception 

 we had met with, who was well pleafed to 

 find his Orders Iq cheerfully obeyed. All 

 the Alcalds Majors we had met with hither- 

 to were Spaniards, but this Gentleman was 

 born in Brit any in France, and his Name is 

 Michael de Boyce or du Bois\ he keeps an 

 Indian Woman, the Daughter of an Alcald 

 at Cofiarica, (whether fhe be his Wife, or 

 not, I can't tell) by whom he has one 

 Child, and it would be the Heighth of In- 

 M gratitude^ 



