Cap. XIV. T^Canbby-lflands. 



Cotton-beds, make ufe of another kind of Bed, which is called 

 Cabapc 5 and this is made of feveral fmall fticks laid acrofs, on 

 which they put a good quantity of Banana-leaves 5 this Cabane 

 kshimg up and fuftain'd by the four corners with great cords of 

 Mahal •" They have alfo little Stools or Chairs made all of a 

 piece, of a red or yellow Wood, and as fmooth as Marble: 

 There are alfo Tome among them who have little Tables,which 

 have four wooden Pillars, and thofe cover'd with the leaves of 

 that kind of Palm which is called the Latanier. 



Their Veffels, as well of the Kitchin as others, are all of 

 Ear th, as thofe of the Maldivefes $ or of certain Fruits like our 

 jGiourde, but which have a thicker and harder rind, cut after 

 cHvfersfiguites, and made fmooth and painted as well as they are 

 .afrle d&o do it : of thefe they make fuch Veffels as ferve inftead 

 of Platters, Porringers, Bafins, Trenchers, Drinking-cups, and 

 Diflies; All thefe Veffels made of Fruits, they call Cots or 

 Cqhvs $ and it is the fame name which the Brafdiuts give theirs 

 matde of the feme materials : Their earthen Veflh they make 

 «ife of as we do of our Kettles and Cauldrons 5 among others 

 they have one kind which they cs\\ Canary 5 of thefe Canary s 

 tbenq&ne Tome very large, others little , the little ones ferve on- 

 ly for the making of fawoes or haut-goufts, which they call 

 'inwuatef g but the great >ones are employ 'd about the making 

 ixf that kind of Drink which they call Ouicou : The Caribbians 

 of Mmtinieo do often bring fome of thefe little Canary s to the 

 Quarter of the Wrench, who give them in exchange certain Ga- 

 conms^ that is, fome toys or other, wherewith they arepleas'd: 

 Thofelittle Veflels are the more efteem'd, becaufe they are not 

 fo_eafily broken as our earthen Pots : Thefe Veffels which we 

 have defcribed, as wretched as they are, arepreferv'd by them 

 with as much euriofity and care as can be imagined. 



The Caribhians have alfo, at a pretty diftance from their 

 houfes, a place for the eafing of their natural neceffities , to 

 which when they have need they refbrt, carrying along with 

 them a (harp ftick, wherewith they make a hole in the ground, 

 into which having put their Ordure, they afterwards cover it 

 with earth} fo that there is never any thing of that kindfeen 

 among theui : We take the more particular notice of this Cu- 

 ftojn of theirs, becaufe it is confonant to what was done by the 

 Army of Ifrael as long as they were in the Field* To the fame Veut.c.i$. 

 may alfo be referred the Cuftom of th|T»r4/, who in that cafe Busbequius 

 make a pit with a piece of Iron to cover their Excrements, «* bu Em- 

 which keeps their Gamp very clean when they are in the Field. 1. 3. 

 An ancient Author affirms , that in the Eafi-Indies a certain Ctefias. 

 Bird named Jujia does fomwhat of this kind, burying its own 

 Ordure fo as that it may not be feen $ but this fmells too much 

 of the Fable to be credited. The Tartars, as fome affirm, will CarpinV 

 not fo much as make water within the inclofures of their Habi- Travels into 

 tations, as accounting it a fin. 4 \ ButT artai 7' 



