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With the Skins of Beafts, and wear about their Heads, 
like the Men, a very curious kind of Net-work ; 
which -our Soldiers find fo convenient, that they 
make ufe of them to tye up their Hair with. Thev, 
as well as the Men, have Necklaces of Mother of 
rear!, mixt with the Stones of fome forts of Fruit 
and Sea-fhells, hanging down to their Wafle ; and 
Bracelets, in like manner of the lame. 
The common Impioymcnt of both Men and Wo- 
men, is Spinning. They make their Thread of long 
Plants, which fervc them inftead of Hemp and Flax - 
1 or clfe of -a Cotton-like Subllance found in the Shell 
•of fome forts of Fruit. Of the finer fort of Thread, 
they make the Ornaments abovementioned, and of 
the coarfer, Fifhing-Nets, and Sacks or Bags for fe- 
veral Ufes. The Men moreover, of certain Plants, 
whofe Fibres are very clofe and thick fet, and which 
they are very well skilled .in working, injploy them- 
felves in making Diflies, and other Kitchia Neceffa- 
nes, of all Fafliions and Sizes. The fmaller Pieces 
fcrve for drinking Cups ; thofe that are larger, for 
^ Plates and Difhes, and fpmetimes for Umbrello’s for 
the Women ; and the largefl: fort for Baskets to ga- 
ther Fruit in, and fbmetimes for Pans and Bafins to 
drefs their Meat in ; But they take care to keep 
them continually moving, while they are over the 
Fire, for if the Flame catch them they are foon 
' burnt. 
The CAlifornims have a 'great deal of Livelinefs 
and are naturally addifted to Rallery j as we found 
when we began firft to inftrua them : For if we com- 
mitted any Eriour in their Language, they jelled and 
made Sport at us. But after we wereigrown better ac- 
quainted and more familiar with them, if we com- 
mitted any Faults, they civilly advifed us of them. 
