fe?;!^^ with, lacing them with Veers-^Uti 
and the like, under their belly they wear at 
fquarc piece of leather and the like upon 
their pofteriors, both fattened to a ftring 
fyed about them to hide their fccrets ^ on 
their heads they ware nothing; But fincc 
they have had to do with the Englifti they 
purchafc of them a fort of Cloth called 
trading cloth of which they make Mantles, 
Coats with (hort fleeves, and caps for their 
heads which the women ufe, but the men 
continue their old fa(hion going bare-head%^ 
ed, excepting fome old men amongft them* 
They are very proud as appeareth by their 
fetting themfelves out with white and blew 
Beads of their own making, and painting 
of their faces with the above mentioned 
colourSjthey weave fometimes curious Coats 
wiihlurkte feathers for their Children. 
Their Diet is Fifh and Fowl, Bear, Wild- 
cat , Rattoon and Deer - dry'd Oyfters ^ 
Lobjhrs rofted or dryed in the fmoak^ 
Lampres and dry'd Moofe-tougncs^ which 
they eftecm a difli for a Sag^mor > hard eggs 
boiled and madefmall and dryed to thicken 
their broth with, fait they have not the ufe 
of^ nor bread, their Corn and Kid^ 
ncy beans they boiU and fometimes eat theit 
Corn piicht or roaftedin the ear againft the 
fire 5 they feed likewile upon earth-nai^s; 
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