240 %)ijlrejfes and Jdventurei 

 of fo execrable a Deed as had been com- 

 mitted by them but a few Hours before $ 

 however, they were content with my Apolo- 

 gy > and marched off with their Plunder, 

 without the leaft Oppofition. 



These People are called by the Spa± 

 nlards Sancoodas y or Muskitoe Indians, on 

 Account of their diminutive Stature, and 

 they are really the fmalleft Size People I ever 

 faw, fome of them not exceeding four Feet 

 odd Inches in Height ; but many of them are 

 much fhorter, and yet they are every Way 

 well proportion^. They go naked from 

 Head to Foot, both Men and Women, Their 

 Skin is of a dark Brown, being marked all 

 over, from the Shoulders to their Heels in 

 Wates, with a Sort of blue Ink which ne- 

 ver wafties ofE They have long black Hair 

 hanging almoft down to the Ground, and 

 every Man has a Hole thro' his Nofe and 

 Chin ; that in the Nofe has a Porcupine's 

 Quill flicking in it, and in the other they 

 place the Tooth of fome wild Beaft, The 

 Women have Holes in their Cheeks, where- 

 in they flick Bunches of various colour'd 

 Feathers to adorn themfelvcs, and when 



they 



\ 



