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proof, that though thefe wretches endeavour all they can to 

 fmother the flings of their Confciences 5 yet can they not do 

 k fo fully but that they prick and torment their^though againft 

 their wills ? And is not this enough to make good the faying 

 of Cicero, at the begining of the precedent Chapter ? For 

 though all men do not in words acknowledge that Divinity,, 

 yet are they convinc'd in themfelves , by a fecret but irrefifta- 

 ble hand, which writes this firft of all Truths in their hearth 

 with the point of a Diamond .* So that to conclude, we (hall 

 fey with that great man, whofe words will put an excellent pe- 

 riod to this difcourfe, as they have begun it, That it is innate, Ve Nat, T>e<, 

 and as it were graven in the minds of men > that there is a or. lifr. 2, 

 Divinity. 



CHAP. XV. 



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Oftbe Udbitattons andHoufe-keepingof the Caribbians* 



Hlftorians relate, that heretofore fomeof the ancient Inha- Q*rc\t. Cento 

 bitants of Tern hv'd Mattered up and down the Moun- ^^'J.'/v 

 tains and Plains, like favagebeafts, having neither Villages nor J J* f * 

 Houfes^ That others made their retreat into Caves, and de- 

 fart and f >Hrary places \ and others took up their quarters in 

 ditches and hollow trees .* But the Carihbians at the prefent 

 are in a condition much different from this favage and brutifh 

 kind of life : True it is we (hall find it no great task to give a' 

 defcription of their Habitations, for they are at no great trou- ^ 

 ble about the architecture of them j for they require only a 

 tree and a hedge-bill to build themfelves a lodging. 



Their Habitations ate fomewhat neer one to another, and 

 difpos'd at certain diftances, after the manner of a Villages 

 and forthemoft part they plant themfelves upon fbme little 

 afcent, that fo they may have better air, and fecure themfelves 

 againft thofe peftilent Flies which we have elfewhere called 

 Mefquitos and Maringoins, which are extreamly troublefome^ 

 and whereof the ftinging is dangerous in thofe parts where 

 there is but little wind ftirring .* The fame reafon it is that ob- 

 liges the Ftoridiaus, beyond the Bay of Carles and Torttigves, to 

 lodge themfelves for the moft part at the entrance of theSea-j 

 in Huts built on Piles or Pillars : The Inhabitants of the Ca- 

 ribbies are alfo defirous to be fomewhat neer Springs, Brooks^ 

 and Rivers, becaufe of their warning of themfelves every morn- 

 ing before they put the red paint on their bodies. 



Among us, and feveral other Nations of this part of the 1 

 world, the Architects break their brains in ftudying to makg 



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