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■oft\\QSf^l^^hr<is^ and tfieir Arms; but Gunpowder is 
wiiat raifes in them the greateft Admiration. They^ 
wonder at the Whitenefs ot the Euro^ems^ in refpedi: oi 
whom they are perfe£^ly Tawny, as well as the Inha- 
bitants of this Country. 
It does not yet appear, that they have either any 
Knowledge of a Deity, or that they wordiip Idols. 
Their Life is perfetlly Savage, taking care of nothing 
but Eating and Drinking, in which they obferve no let 
time, but eat and drink at any time time or place, when 
hungry or thirhy, or they can find any thing to fatisfy 
themfelves ^ yet they eat but little at a tinie, and ne- 
ver enough to fuffice for a wdible day. They fliew- a 
great RefpeQiand DefeVence for their King, and Gover- 
nors c^' their Towns, and obey them very precifely. 
Their Civility and Refpe6l confifts in taking hold of 
the Hand or Foot of the Ferfon they honour, and rub- 
bing gently his Face. They have among their Utenfils 
fome Saws, not made of Iron, but of a large Shell, cal- 
led here TaMo^ rubbed and lharpen’d upon a certain 
kind of Stone . They were furprized at a Merchant 
Ship that was building at Guivam^ to fee the number of 
Carpenters Tools that were ufed about it: They view- 
ed them all, one after another, with a great deal of ad- 
miration. They have no Metals in their Country. The 
Father Miffionary made each of them a Prefent of a 
large Piece of Iron, which they received with as much 
Joy, as if it had beenfo much Gold 5 and are fo afraid 
it Ihould be Role from them, that they lay it under their 
Heads when they go tofleep. They have no other Arms 
but Lances or Darts, made of Human Bones very well 
fiiarpen’d and fix’d on. They are very peaceful of tbem- 
felves ^ but if any Qtiarrel happens among them, it is de- 
cided with fome Blows on the Head with the FiR, which 
yet very rarely happens^ for when they w'ould corns to 
a^clofe Fight, they feparate them, and they are foom recon- 
