^ne ; in depth or height 8 I inches, the Diameter of it 6\ inches 
which IS in Circumference wide i in the Mouth almoll 7,\; 
in the Neck fomewhat more then 21 5 by the Diameter : 
the bottom well nigh as big as the top, excepting the Ring; 
and the Body in thicknefs the fifth part of an inch : but thick- 
er fomewhat at the top and the botrom. 
But the Sandals were moft admired by me, becaufe I never 
faw any before. There were fome for Men, fbmefor Wymen^ 
and lome for children i all fhap d by their feet, fpreading more 
to the outfide then to the infide : and fome were very large 
and fome very crooked as this in the Cut. The leather was 
frelh.of which they were made, but very tender when it came 
to be fpread upon a Laft. Each confifted of three principal 
parts ; an upper leather for rathe heelpiece with xTabs on 
each fidej an inner Soal, long ii| inches, broad 3I * ; of 3 or 4 
Soals ftdtched together with leathern thongs, and an outer 
Soal !^ of 2, ftuckfuU of Nmh with httle round heads (fo de- 
cayed and rotten that I could fcarce difcern them to be 
plated on the infide : And to the upper leather ( 3 fold in 
the heel piece ^ j is fixed betwixt them and fowed with lea 
ther, or rather tacked, which t\\Qlron Nails do help to de- 
fend. Yet I think fome Womens (of the better fort) had no 
Nails at all ^ And of thefe there is one well worth the Oi'- 
fer'vation , of Spanifh-ltke leather and curious workmanfllip, 
being exadily ftitcli d down round about the fore piece long 
2| inches with a pretty Lakl » of the lame piece, hanging 
from it, for fafhion fakefurely ; fince 'tis too nender to be of 
any ufe. As fmall in the ftring as the i y h. part of an inch. 
The Tongue at the end broad half an inch, long one inch, 
betwixt the two flourifhes, which is the length of the 
fmall ftring, 8 parts in 10 of an inch, the two flourifhes take 
up the reft . The Figure of which you may fee. " 
Whenlfirft dilcovered^^^;^, I thought perad venture, that 
the people here, in former times might have worn fuch 
Shoes^ as they do in Ireland, and the^ High lands of Scotland, 
which they call Broagues : and that thefe might be fuch ^ but 
having the opportunity of difcourfing an Hi^^hlander that tra- 
velled by, while we were digging : and another G^^f/t;;?^?^' the 
very next day, who had travelled thofe Countryes ; I was fully 
fttisfied that they were not Broagues ^ for thofe (they fayj have 
but one fingle Soal, and thefe have fix. And 16 1 leave them 
and the whole matter to your Conlideration, &c. 
