Of <£Adecbdnic\s. Part IV. 
the Work, are fet Copper-Spangles with knots of the fame 
Wyre. 
An Indian SCEPTRE. Made, as it feems, of a fort of 
Cane. A yard long 5 and as thick as a middle walking-Cane 5 ' 
without any joynt, and perfectly round. Confifteth of 
hard and blacldfh Cylinders, mixed with a foft kecky Body 5 
fo as at the end cut tranfverjly, it looks as a bundle of Wires. 
Gilt and varnifhed all over with Flowers in Green, Red and 
White 3 faving the two ends which are Black. 
The FAN of an Indian King. Given by //. Whiftkr 
Efq;. Made chiefly of the Feathers of Peacocks Tailes 5 
compofed into a round Form. Bound altogether with a 
circular Rim, above a foot over, confiding of the parts of 
certain Plants like {f lit Cane. The middle ftrengthen d 
and divided into fquares with crofs Bars, made of the fame 
materials, and feme of them deyed Red. The bottom of 
each Square over-laid with Mofcovy-Glafs. And in the 
middle of each, a knot of white Feathers, like the Flower 
of zjacyntb. 
A plain Indian FAN, ufed by the meaner fort. Made 
of the fmall ftringy parts of Roots, fpread out in a round 
fiat Form, and fo bound together with a Splinter-Hoop, 
and ftrengthen'd with fmall Bars on both fides. The 
Handle painted with Japan Varnifh, black, red, and yellow. 
When they ufe them, they fprinkle them with fweet 
Water, which perfumes the wafter Air. 
An Indian PURSE or CASE for the Pude?ida of a Man. 
Tis a foot long, and clofed at the bottom. Made of 
fmall Reeds woven together after the manner of courfe 
Linnen. 
An APRON for the Itidenda of a Woman. A* of a 
yard deep, and fhaped like a Widows Peak. Hath two 
tranfverfe Labels, with feveral fmall TalfeFd Strings, to tie 
it about her middle 5 and a great one hanging down 
before. Made of Rujhes, and other Plants. The out-fide 
of feveral colours,/?, white, yellow, red, tawny, and brown 5 
as flexible as any Thread. Woven in feveral Squares, and 
5 Squares in a moft exact and geometrick Order. The in* 
fide of fmaller Rujhes, all of one colour, and the Weaving 
uniform : as fome Silks are plain on one fide, and flowered 
on the other. A piece of Work, which an European could 
hardly imitate with all her Art, A 
