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Thus are they guarded, at every avenue, 

 againft the approach of want and care* Six 

 days labour is demanded from them in the 

 week ; but the fabbath is given them as a day 

 of reft and relaxation ; aad, from the total ab- 

 iencc cf c ^re, it is ufually Jpent in unbounded 

 :'rA^!tii and feiiivity. 



In ^ urfe of our walks we have met 

 with ai. j u. .: vva{hing party, and as you de- 

 fire to know ail that occurs, whether of much 

 or little importance, I may tell you that, in 

 this operation of cleaning, our linen Is here 

 beaten and rubbed, and fcrubbed to pieces in 

 a moft unmerciful manner, and, after all, with- 

 out being made, even, tolerably clean. 



The following is the procefs employed ; 

 the linen is firft put into a tub, and rubbed 

 through fome water, then it is taken out and 

 fprinkled with fand, previous to being prelTed. 

 and beaten with a piece of wood, upon a 

 coarfe large ftone, by the fide of the river; after 

 which it is rubbed out in the open ftream. 

 Next it is fprinkled with the fine white fand 

 x)f the fhore, and fpread out by the fea to 



