The Hijlory of Book II. 



of divers colours 5 wooden chairs all of one piece } little Ta- 

 bles, which they call Mttoutou, weav'd of the leaves of the 

 Latanier-ttee 5 the ftraining-cloths called Hibichets ^ the Cato- 

 In, which are a kind of great bafkets to carry things on the 

 back ; feveral forts of Veffels fit for eating and drinking, 

 which are polifti'd, painted, and adorn'd with abundance of 

 pretty figures delightful to the eye : They make alfo fome 

 other little ornaments, as Girdles, Hats, and Crowns of fea- 

 thers, wherewith they fet out themfelves on folemn days : 

 And the women make for themfelves a kind of Bufkins, or 

 half-ftockings of Cotton. But above all they take abundance 

 of pains in ordering and polifhing their Arms, that is, their 

 Bows, their Arrows, arid their T&outous or Clubs, which are of 

 a hard and fmooth wood, and neatly wrought about the han- 

 dles with wood and bones of divers colours. 



They take no left pains about their Viragos, or VefTels 

 wherein they go to Sea, and whatever belongs to Peace or 

 War. Thefe Veflels are made of one great Tree, which they 

 make hollow, fmooth, and polifh with an unimaginable dexte- 

 rity : The greater fort of Viragos are many times rais'd higher 

 all about, efpecially towards the poop, with fome planks : 

 Sometimes they paint in them their Maboya $ fometimes they 

 reprefent Savages, or fome other fantaltick figures. Thefe 

 Shallops are fo large as many times to carry fifty men with all 

 their Arms. Before they had any acquaintance with the Chri- 

 flians 3 who furniftYd them with all forts of Wedges, and other 

 Carpenters and Joyners tools, they were put to a great deal 

 of trouble to make their VelTels for they were obligd, as the 

 DeLery, Virginians, and fome other Savages were 3 to fet fire # at the foot 

 c.13. of the Trees, and to compafs them about' a .little above the 

 foot with wet mofs, to keep the fire from afcending 5 and fo 

 they undermin'd the Tree by little and little : Afterwards to 

 pierce the wood they us"d certain hard (tones (harpened at one 

 end, wherewith they cut and made their Viragos hollow, but 

 with fo great trouble and expence of time, that they acknow- 

 ledge how much they are oblig'd to the Europeans, who have 

 taught them eafier ways to do it, by the iron-inftruments 

 wherewith they have fupply'd them. Thence it came that the 

 Comment. Veruvians thought it fo great a happinefs to have the tools 

 RoyalJ.i. which were brought them by the Europeans, that the ufe of 

 c. 11. Sciflers being introduc'd into Peru by the means of the Spani- 

 ards, an Indian of Quality admiring the invention, faid to one 

 of them, That < hough the Spaniards did not furnifli them 

 with any thing but Rafors, Sciflers, Combs and Looking-glaP 

 fes, it fufficiently oblig'd them liberally to beftow on them all 

 the gold and filver they had. 



The Carrbliians employ themfelves alfo in making earthen 

 Pots of all far ts, which they bake in furnaces, as our Potters 



-do ; 



