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Then follows a DigrefOon concerning the extraordina- 
ry power of the Stomach, in converting fo many different 
forts of Food into good Nourifbment $ with a particular 
account of the different Foods of feveral Nations and 
People. 
Treating of their Drink, he fays Water is the chief, as 
alfo the mold w hoi fome, difapproving vinous and ftrong 
Liquors ; and obferves that Cyder, Beer, Sec. brought 
from England doth not keep there : mentioning feveral 
other Drinks ufed there, with their good and bad effects. 
Their chief Exercife is Riding in a Morning, as well 
as the Healthieft. Froft and Snow are never feen there, 
but in the Inland parts fomeqmes great Foggs s, they have 
two Rainy Seafons, viz. in- May and October. 
Here follows a Journal of the Weather from May the 
2d, 1688, to March the 17th, 1689. This is fucceeded 
by an Account of the Winds, as Monfons, &c. Earth- 
quakes generally happen once a Year, and Thunder 
daily in the Mountains. 
The Inhabitants are for the moft part Europeans 5 fome 
few Creolians , Indians , and the Negro-Slaves 5 the Natives 
having been all formerly deftroyed by the Spaniards. 
Then he treats of their Cloathing,Houfes of the Plant- 
ers and Negro’s, of their Work,-houfes, See. Speaking of 
the Negro’s and their manner of living, he obferves their 
Mirth, Singing, Mufick and Dancing, with their Lafci- 
vioufnefs ; as to the Negro’s Phyfick, Cupping with Ca- 
labashes, and Scarifications are frequent \ they know little 
of the ufe of Simples, or the Method of Curing a Difeafe 5 
they have a Cuftom in moft Cafes, of daubing the Sick 
Perfon all over with wet Clay, and fetting him in the 
warn! Sun. 
He gives fome account of the Trade of Jamaica 5 and 
coming to fpeak of the Puniftiments of the Negro’s, he 
fays, tho they'may feem fevere to us, yet they are but 
neceffary for fo ftubborn a Race of Mankind, 
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