4$ icBefitfctfotfon ofCumanaanb $>ararapana. 
keepe cerfapneg&relp fapjes, cue# 
rp one carrying to ecb ottjer, fuel) things as 
tbep inant. SDfteg lueare firings ofpearles 
about tbeir necks, as common as tbe coun# 
trep inomcn in Italic toeare criftall beaoes, 
iutjerconljangett) man? bcaftes ano biroes 
tnaoe ofbafe golo,like Rhemsgolo, iubicb 
is brought Onto them from Carichicta, fire 
Oapes iournep from tjjence, totnarbes tbe 
foutb: anoinijentbe &>paniaroesafkeOof 
ttjem Inhere tbep tjao ttje goloe, tbep maoe 
fignes tutjict) inap, Reining them it inas in 
an oftjer countrep beponb them, butcoun# 
felleo them not to go tinker, taping tbep 
lucre Canmballcs, ano fuel) as eate mans 
fieri)* SD&e men bo?e a goaro iubicb tbri? 
lueare fo? a cobpeece, ano tie about tbeir 
tniooles luitb a firing , dicing tbeir mem# 
berstherein, 02 in a jsbnakes fljel,tberett 
oftbep2 booiesjire al nakeo . %\)ws muctj 
fo? ft)e cuffomesano manners of Cunana. 
2 lrietiueene tl;e Cape of Saint Roman, ano 
Golfo Trifle Uetb Core Taratara , anO P. 
Secco . ifrom Golfo Trifle to Cariari 
are a bunojeo miles, tbe coaft Iping bnoer 
tenne Degrees: bettueenet^emliettjmanie 
Sjauens anDriuers,fpecialp Pueito di Can- 
na Fiftoia,P. Fleichado, tljat is, tf)e point 
ioljere tbep lucre fijotte at luitb arroiues. 
Punto Muerte, ttjeDeaO bauen. Cabodc 
loan Blanco, tt)CCapeofIohn White,Cabo 
la Co!hera,Rio Dunari,llla de Pirico, Ma¬ 
ra c a pana, Chelheribuhe, Sr.Fee, tljatis, 
balp ifait^,R'odeCumana, Punta D'araia 
Cumana anD Maracapana ■: along bp t\)Z 
coafis afo jefaib lie man? Iflanos, as Mo¬ 
ines, tljat is, tbe 3 »fle of $^©nks, Quiracao, 
Buen a ire, < 3 © D , Rocques, 0? Roca, 
^toneKoefees, de Aues, tbelBirOS, Tor¬ 
tuga , Torteaux , attDtbett Cubagria* 02 
Margaritba, tt)C 3JflC Of^earleS* 
A certaine defeription of Maracapana, 
, and Cumana* 
r^Vmana fignifiefb ap20uince ano a Hi# 
^ uer, luljerin there is a f olune ano a cloi# 
fier of grep jfriers, beeaufeof ttje great 
numbers ofpearles tljat are founo tljerea# 
bouts. SDlje people of ttjis countreplnent 
ttakeo, onelp tljat tbep couereb tbeir mem# 
bers, eptber in a go joe, 02 Quakes fijels,oj 
rife luitb banoes ofreeoes 02 cotton ln©ll:m 
iuars tljep Incare mantles,ano Decke them# 
felues imttj feathers: at feafts ano bankets 
tljep paint tljcmfelues, 02 elfe ftrokc tljcm# 
felues ouer luitb certatnegum, anofalues 
that beclammp, lnberein tljep tticke fea# 
ttjers of all colours, tu|jiclj is no ill fight: 
thep cut tbeir tjmre aboue tbeir eares^ano if 
The a.Bookc. 
anp baire grolu bpon tbeir knees,Q2 on tbeir 
faces, tbep pul tljem out,ano luill baue no 
baire bpon anp place of tbeir boop,although 
tbep are bp nature mottoftbcm initbcHt 
bearos 02 baire, ano fucb as let tbeir baire 
groin after tbe £opanilb manner, tbep call 
them beafts : tbefe people make great 
meanes to make tbeir teetb blacke, ano fucb 
as baue them bfijite, tbep efteeme them to 
be inomcn, becaufe tbep take nopatnes to 
make them blacke, iubicb tbep oo luitb tbe 
poluoer 02 fap of a ccrtair.ebearbe, bp them 
calico Hay, 02 Gay, lubicbleaues areberp 
foft like turpentine .leaues, ano tn fattjion 
like Morteila, being oftbe age of i s.peers^ 
ano that tbeir courages began to rife: tbep 
begin to bearc tbofe leaues in Ibeir moutbs, 
ano to ebalu them, bntil tbeir teetb become 
as blacke as coles, Iubicb blackncffe conti# 
nuetbbntilltbcpoie, Iubicb likeluife p^e* 
feructb tbe teetb from rotting, fpopling, o$ 
an? paine, tl;ep mire tbe poluoer of that 
leafe luitb another fottofpolnocrofakinoe 
of ln©o,ano luitb cbalk oflubttettjells bur=# 
neo, in Iubicb fo^t tbofe oftbe Caff Jnoies 
bfe tbeir betele ano Arrccca,U)itbebalkc of 
opfters, Iubicb is alreaopoeclareointbe 
oefcriptionoftbeCaffBlnoies : tbe poln^ 
Oer of tbefe leaues, lufflOOe ano ebalke tbep 
beare continuallp in tbeir moutbes, ffill 
chaining it, iubicb tbep keepe in bafketts 
ano bores maoe of reeoes, to Tel ano barter 
the fame in the markets rouno about them, 
fojgolo, flaues, ano rotten,anbfojother 
luares: altbematocs goenakeo,onlp tbep 
iueare certaine banoes about tbeir knees, 
Iubicb tbep binoeberp barb, that tbeir hips 
ano tjjigbes map feeme tbicke, Iubicb tbep 
efieeme foa a beautp : tbe marrieotuomeai 
luearefijffles, anoliueljerpbonettlp : anoi 
iftbcp commit abuiterp, tl;ep are fo^faken 
bp tbeir bufbanos, $ punilbeo. a^belo^os 
ano rich men of tbe eountrp baue as manp 
luiues as tbep lift: auo if anp man come to 
tbeir boufes to loDge, tbep giue tbcm one of 
tjjefairefito lie bp them: tbe reft baue but 
one, ano fome none: tbe Inomen tilltbe 
lano, ano l©ke to tbe boufe, ano tbe men 
not being in tbe luarres, Ooe filb ano bunt: 
tbep are bigbntinbeo, reuengeatiue, ano 
battie: tbeir cbiefeineaponsarcpopfoneD 
arrolues, Iubicb tbep prepare in oiuers ma# 
ners, as luitb tlje bl©0 of fnakes, the iuiee 
ofbearbes , ano mtrfures of manp other 
tbingsjluberebp there is no means to bcale 
fucb as are once Incunoeo tbereluitb. 
tbilojen,inomen,ano men from tbeir poutb 
bplnarbs learneto (lj©tembolnes : tbeir 
meate is boifleacbes, battes, gralboppers, 
cmii(bes,fpioers,bees ? ano ralue, fcooen, 
ano 
