the South-Sea. 



that the Manners of Men are relax'd and corrupted by the 

 Goodnefs of the Place they live in. In fhort, the Strength 

 is kept up by the Exercife of the, Body ; whereas Eafc 

 foftens it. through too much Want of A&ion, and. ener- 

 vates it with Pleafures. 



The Creolians are generally outwardly compofed, and do 

 not depart from that Gravity which is natural to them. 

 They are fober as to Wine ; but they eat greedily, and after 

 an indecent Manner, fometimes all in the fame Difh, com- 

 monly a Portion, like the Friers. At any confiderablc 

 Entertainment, they fet before the Guefts feveral Plates ox 

 different Sorts of Food fucceflively ; and then each of them 

 gives the fame to his Servants, and to thofe that ftand by, 

 and are not at the Table, to the end, fay they, that all 

 may partake of the good Chear. When the Creolians came 

 to eat Aboard our Ships, where they were ferv'd after the 

 French Fafhion in great Diihes, placed according to Art 

 and Symmetry, they boldly took them off to give to 

 their Slaves, fometimes before they had been touch'd, but 

 when the Captains durft not make them fenfible of that 

 Indecency, our Cooks, who were jealous of their own 

 Labour, did not fpare to let them underftand that they 

 difcompofed the Beauty of the Entertainment. Not ha- 

 ving the Ufc of Forks, they are obliged to walh after eating, 

 which they all do in the fame Bafon, and with that ge- 

 neral and difagreeable Walking- Water they do not ftick 

 to wafli their Lips. The Meat they eat is feafon'd with 

 /lxi r or Pimicnto, that fort of Spice we have before fpoken 

 of, which is fo hot, that Strangers cannot poflibly endure 

 it 5 but that which makes it ftill worfe, is a greafy Tafte 

 the Lard gives to all their Cookery. Befides, they have not 

 the Art of roafting great Joints, becaufe they do not turn 

 them continually, as we do, which they admired the moft 

 of all our Diflies. They make two Meals, one at 10 in 

 the Morning, the other at four in the Evening, which is 

 inftead of a. Dinner ixUma, and a Collation at Midnight. 

 In other Places they eat as we do in France. 



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