Cap. X VII]. TAeCaribby-lflands. 117 



moft convenient 5 and in Winter their abode is in Caves, which 

 arc naturally made in the Mountains, or they have taken the 

 pains to make fuch. 



They neither Sow nor Reap any kind of Grain in order td 

 their fubfiftence : Nor have they any Trees or Plants bear- 

 ing fruits fir to eat, unlefs it be fome Straw-berries , and a 

 kind of Rafyices ■-, bat indeed their livelihood depends wholly 

 on their Fiftiing and Hunting: Fair water is their ordinary 

 drink, and their moft delicate entertainment, as to drink, is the 

 blood of Sea-dogs, and that of Deer, and other Land-crea- 

 tures, which they either kill or take in Traps, at the fel ting of 

 which they have an admirable induftry. 



The Winter being fo long and hard in this Country, the In- 

 habitants muft needs fuffer great inconveniences during that 

 ieafon, especially that tedious night which keeps them in two 

 whole moneths : But befides that in cafe of neceffity they en- 

 dure hunger a long time, they have«this forefight that in the 

 Summer they dry fome part of their fiftiing and hunting, and 

 lay it up with as much Fat and Suet as they can get together^ in 

 order to their fubfiftence during that comfortlefs time : Nay 

 ibme affirm tbey are fo fuccefsful in their hunting by Moon- 

 light, that they are feldom deftitute of frefti meat, even during 

 this long Eclipfe. 



They defirenotto fee any other Country befides that they 

 were born in , and if a tempeft or other accident chance to caffc 

 them upon fome other, they perpetually figh after their own, 

 and are never quiet in their minds till they have recovered it : 

 If they are deny'd or too long delay'd that favour, they will* 

 attempt it with the hazard of their lives, expofing themfelves 

 to the Sea in their little Veffels without any other guide then- 

 the Stars, by which they regulate their courfe; I 



Their Language hath nothing common with any other in the* 

 World, there is a Vocabulary of it, but not to be publilh'd 

 till there be a further difcovery made of thefe parts 5 what is 

 faid here thereof being only by way of digieffion. 



Nor hath it been yet obferved what Religion they have 

 among therri 5 but from their looking towards the Sun, and 

 their pointing at him with a certain admiration, lifting up 

 their hands on high , it is inferr'd that they account him 

 a God. 



The Ship from which we have this Relation, brought from 

 Ddvjf-jlreight feveral confiderable Commodities, whereof we . 

 (hall here give a Lift, to (hew that the cold which reigns in 

 that Country is not fo infupportable as to freeze up all manner 

 of Commerce in thofe parts. 



1. Nine hundred Sea-dogs (kins, moft of them between 

 feven and eight foot long, fpotted and wav'd with black, 

 red, yellow, tawny, and feveral other colours, which heighte- 

 ned 



