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bers near the Spanilli fettlements, which they often ha-» 

 rafs, in immortal revenge for the inhuman cruelties in- 

 flicted on their forefathers at Mexico and Peru. They 

 are comm^anded by a captain, and aflemble by the blow- 

 ing of a conch or fea-fliell ; they have alfo frequent 

 battles with neighbouring Indians ;• but what difgraces- 

 them above all others in Terra Firma is, that however 

 unnatural it may feem, and however much it has been 

 contradicted, they are anthropophagi or cannibals ; at 

 leaft they moft certainly feaft on their enemies, whofe 

 flefh they tear and devour with the avidity of wolvesj^ 

 though this is generally fuppofed to be more from a 

 fpirit of revenge than from any depravity in their tafte. 



The^ccawciw Indians are few in number, and live far- 

 ther diftant from the fea than the former: Though like 

 thefe they live in friendfliip with the Dutch, they are 

 both treacherous in adminiftering fl'ow paifon concealed 

 under their nails, and very diftruftful, as they pahfade 

 the ground round their hamlets with poifoned fpikes. 



The Worrow Indians, if not the moft cruel, are the 

 moft defpicable of any in Guiana. Thefe are fettled 

 along the coaft from the river Oronoque to Surinam ; 

 they are dark -coloured and extremely ugly; though 

 ftrong they are pufillanimous, and withal fo very lazy 

 and indolent, that their poverty will' fcarcely afford them 

 a covering to hide their nakednefs, which they often 

 fupply by the v/eb-like bark of the palm-tree. They 

 often go quite naked, and are ftinkingly dirty ; from 



their 



