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cut and fcoop out to a confiderable depth, 
without breaking it. They generally make 
them very large; for the more they are capa- 
ble of containing, the more valuable they 
are. - I have feen fome, the fhanks of which 
had an orifice of more than an inch in dia- 
meter. 
None of the men among the Gonaquas 
give themfelves up peculiarly to any kind 
of labour, in order to gratify the whims of 
others. The woman who wifhes to repofe 
foftly, makes her own mats ; the want of a 
drefs forms a tailor ; and the hunter who is 
defirous of having fure weapons, depends only 
upon thofe which he forges himfelf: in fhort, 
a lover is the fole archited: of the hut in 
which he intends to conceal the charms of 
his female companion. 
I muft confefs that more intelligence and 
more art may be found among other nations. 
The only utenfils known in this country are 
formed of a kind of earthen ware exceed- 
ingly brittle, and are almoli all fhap^d alike. 
The Gonaquas feldom boil their meat, as 
they prefer it roalled or broiled. Their pot- 
tery is deflined for the purpofe of melting 
greafe, which they afterwards preferve in ca- 
libaflies. 
