aS Employments of the Natives, 
4 ». 1 699. Salting Swfon, which is his Harveft ; and 
indeed, all the Iflanders are then fully em- 
ployed in getting fomewhat; for they 
have no Veffels of their own to Trade 
with,, nor do any PortugmfeNeSeh come 
hither ; fcarce any but Englijh^ on whonx 
they depend for Trade ; and tho’ Subjefts 
of Portugal^ have a particular Value for us. 
We don’t pay them for their Salt, but for 
the Labour of themfelves and their Bealls 
in lading it: for which we give them Vi- 
ftuals, fome Mony, and old Cloaths, viz. 
Hats, Shirts, and other Cloaths: by which 
means many of them are indifferently well 
rigg’d ; but fome of them go almoft Naked. 
When the Turtle-feafon comes in they 
watch the Sandy-bays in the Night, to 
turn them; and having fmall Huts at par- 
ticular Places on the Bays to keep them 
from the Rain, and to fleep in : And this 
is another Harveft they have for Food ; for 
by Report there come a great many Tur- 
tle to this and the reft of the Cape V ^rd 
IJlands. When the Turtle Seafon is over 
they have little to do but to hunt for 
Guinea Piem, and manage their fmall Plan- 
tations. But by thefe means they have all 
the Year fome Employment or other ; 
whereby they get a Subliftence, tho’ but 
little elfe. When any of them are defirous 
to go over to St. Jago they get a Licence 
from the Governor, and defire paifage in 
any 
