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clean out of their (hells, and fryed with their own fat, juice of 

 Citron, and Pyman, which they are great lovers of, and which 

 they put abundantly into all their fawces: And yet when they 

 entertain the French, or other Europeans, they are not fo pro- 

 digal thereof, and then they accomodate themfelves to their 

 palates, e>ut of a compliance and difcretion, which argues 

 them to t>e fomewhat better than Savages. They call the in- 

 ner part of the Crab Taumaly ^ and of that it is they make 

 their ordinary Ragouft with water, the fine flower of Manioc^ 

 and good ftore of Tyman. In thelaft courfe they bring in fruits 

 as we do 5 and ordinarily they content themfelves with Figs, 

 Bananas, or Ananas : If they eat flefti or any thing that is fak- 

 ed, it is only out of compliance with ftrangers, to avoid being 

 troublefome to thofe who entertain them, and fo they accom- 

 modate themfelves to their humours who come to vifit them 5 

 for then they order moft of their meat to pleafe them : And 

 to this muft be referred what we have faid concerning their 

 not eating of fait, Swines-flefli, Tortoiles, and Lamantin. 



True it is,there are among this people certain men extreamly 

 flothful and melancholy, who lead a wretched kind of life : 

 For they live only upon Burgaus> Shell-fijh, Cr abbes 3 Soldiers and 

 fuch like Ihfe&s .* They never eat any Pottage, nor Flefti, un- 

 lefs it be that of certain birds which they broil on the coals with 

 their Feathers about fhem, and their Guts Within them; and all 

 the Sawce they ufe confifts of the water of Manioc (which be- 

 ing boiled lofes its vene/nous quality) fine flower of the fame 

 Manioc, and good ftore -of Vyntan. 



Sometimes they have a deteftable kind of feafbning for their 

 meats, and that is the fat of the Arottagues their irreconcileable 

 Enemies.' But this hath no place in their ordinary Repafts, as be- 

 ing ufed only on folemn days of debauches and -rejoicing. 



As to their drink, as they do in leveral parts of America, the 

 lame grains of Mais which lerve to make bread , are ufed for 

 the composition of a Drink which is accounted as good as 

 Wine 5 and as among us the Wheat which makes Bread will 

 alfo make Beer 5 fo in thefe Iflands, of the Roots of Potatoes and 

 Manioc, which ferve to make Bread, there are made two ft ve- 

 ra! forts of Drinks, which are ordinary in the Country : The 

 former and moft common, which is made of Potatoes boiled 

 with water, is called Maby : It is excellent good to reriefti and 

 quench thirft, and it hath alfo an appetitive vertue, which cau- 

 fes an evacuation of the fandinefs, and all the vifcofities of the 

 lower parts : Whence it comes, that thofe who make ufe of 

 that Driok, never complain of the Stone or Gravel : Theorher 

 Drink is called Ouicou (from a name coming neer the Caouin 

 of the Brazilians) and is made of the Caffava it felf , boiled 

 in like manner with water .* It is ftrained through a coarfe 

 cloth, which the Savages call Bibichet 1 This Di ink is more ex- 

 cellent 



