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Their Embroiderers work in Fiiigreen very cu* 
rioufly ; They imitate exactly aay.~-Woik. made— *« 
Europe, tho 1 the Engine they make life of, and all their 
other lltenfils, do not coft them above the value of a 
Crown. 
The Looms that their Weavers ufe do not toft 
them more : With thefe they fit in their Courts and 
Yards, or on the fide oi the High-way, and work thofe 
fine Stuffs that are fo highly efteem’d over all the 
World. 
They have here no need of Wine to make Aqua. Vit<e } 
but make it of a Syrup, Sugar, fome certain forts of 
Barks, and Raifonsy it burns better, and is ftronger than 
that made in Europe. 
They paint Flowers, and gild very finely upon Glafs. 
I was furprized to fee their Veffels, which they ufe to 
cool Water in, and are not thicker than two Leaves pf 
Paper parted together. 
Their Water-men row after a different manner from 
ours. They move the Oar with their Feet, and their 
Hands ferve inftead of the Hjpofftochlion, or Roller on 
which it turns 
The Liquor which their Painters ufe, does not any 
way lofe its colour, nor is it tarnifh’d by Lye. 
The Husbandmen in Europe prick their Oxen with a 
Goad to make ’em go farter 3 but here they only twift 
or wring their Tails. Thefe Bead are very docile : 
They teach them to lye down and rife up when they 
take up or lay down their Burthen. 
They make ufe of a kind of hand Mill to break their 
Sugar Canes, which does not coft them above the value 
of ten Pence. „ . 4 
The Perfon that grinds, works and fafhions the Stone 
himfelf with Lac and Emery. 
Their Mafons will pave the largeft Rocm with a fort 
of Cement made of Brick Duft and Lime, fo that it fhall 
feem 
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