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juice, and feafoned extremely hot with red 

 pepper. 



I can give teftimony to both of thefe 

 being very rich and good ; perhaps in point 

 of flavour the pepper-pot of crabs claims the 

 preference ; but either might be a feaft for an 

 epicure. In one of the huts we faw part of an 

 armadillo, which had been broiled or roafted 

 in its fhell. It was well- flavored, and in 

 appearance and tafte not very unlike young 

 pig. Water is their common drink, but they 

 fometimes ufe a fermented liquor called fiiwor- 

 ree^ which they make from cafiada. This is in- 

 toxicating, and has fome refemblance to beer. 



The huts are ufually conftru&ed like 

 that which we faw near the landing place at 

 Savonette. I hope to be able to fhew you a 

 model of them on my return to England — 

 having the promife of one, made by the Bucks, 

 with furniture complete. At the village fome 

 of the huts w r ere clofed in at the ends ; others 

 were left entirely open. The roofs were 

 neatly thatched with the leaf of the coco-nut 

 Or the mountain-cabbage. Near to the cabins 

 that were inhabited, we obferved a detached 



