of John Cocfcburn, &c. 1 8 j 



make fo llender an Account of Drefs, that they 

 will only take a Piece of this fame Bark, 

 and wrap it round their Bodies, fo as to 

 cover their Breafts, and to hang down to 

 their Knees. In the lhort time we ftaid 

 here, I faw a Funeral Ceremony, which was 

 performed thus, after the Heathen Man- 

 ner of thefe People, who have no Notion 

 of Chriftianity : In the firft Place, they 

 cover'd the Body with Leaves, and then 

 placed a large Quantity of Wood about it, 

 which when they had fired, the Company, 

 which was pretty numerous, join'd Hands and 

 furrounded the Pile, and never ceafed fing- 

 ing and dancing till the Wood and Body 

 were both confumed ; after which, they dug 

 a Hole in the Earth, and bury'd the Alhes. 



After a Stay of two or three Days 

 here, I took leave of thefe People com- 

 monly called Indians at War^ who enter- 

 tained me fo peaceably and courteoufly, that 

 I have Reafon to ftiie them, as well as 

 others, Indians at Qeace ; but before we de- 

 parted, we got as much Water as our Gala-? 

 bafhes would hold, and roafted as many 

 Plantains as lafted us three Days after j fof 



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