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for ; fince the Country is under the fame Degree as the 
Provinces of Cindno and Sonority where there are very 
rich ones. 
Tho’ Heaven has been fo bountiful to the Cdiforni- 
ms^ and the Earth brings forth of it felf what it does 
not produce elfewhere without a great deal of Labour 
and Pains, yet they make no efteem of the Plenty and 
Riches of their Country ; contenting thcmfelves with 
what is only necelTary for Life, they take little care for 
the reft. The Tn-land parts of the Country are very 
Populous, efpecially towards the North: And tho* 
there is fcarce-aTown, but what has 20,; 30, 40, or 50 
Families in it, yet they have no Houfes ^ but defend 
themfelves, from the heat of the Sun in the day time 
under the Shade of the Trees, and of their Leaves and 
Branches make a fort of Roof againft the Inclemency 
of the Night. In the Winter they fhut themfelves in 
Caves in the Earth, and live there together little better 
than like fo many Beafts. 
The Men go naked ; at leaft all were fo, that we' 
faw. They wear about their Head, a fine linnen Fil- 
let, or fort of Network ; and about their Neck, and 
fometimes about their Arms, for Ornament, Mother 
of Pearl in divers Figures, very finely wrought, and 
prettily intermixt with little round Fruits, fome- 
what like the Beads of a Chaplet. They have no other 
Arms than Bows and Arrows, and a fort of Jave- 
lin, which they always carry in their Hand, either to 
kill their Game, or defend themfelves from their Ene- 
mies ; for their Towns often make War upon one 
another.. 
The. Women are fomewhat more modeftly cloathed^ 
wearing from their W afte down to their Knees a 
kind of Apron, made of Reeds very neatly wrought 
and matted together^. They cover their Shoulders. 
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