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Relation 
Habili¬ 
ments. 
The Cape 
Verdiens 
greatly 
esteem 
Brandy. 
The Gaz¬ 
elle is as 
large as a 
Kid &> 
made like a 
Deer. 
[1669 
the neighing of the horse, told him that the horse wish’d 
to say that the French had reason, & so the dispute 
ceased. I remarked that the habiliments & the ornaments 
of these Cape Verdiens were only of blue cloth or stuff, 
with which they cover’d part of their bodies ; they have 
some bracelets of brass on their wrists, & they carry a 
number of small tickets, which they said were written by 
their Marabou ; they encase them in a small morsel of 
red leather, of square form, the size of an inch ; they 
attach them to their hair, to the neck, to the arms & 
legs ; & believe that they are, according to the characters, 
one a prevention against harm, another against thunder, 
another against arms, another against dangerous beasts, 
& another to be loved by women, &c. They name this 
little packet Gris-gris; those who have most of them are 
the most adorn’d in this fashion. This Alquierre had a 
good number of them. After we had been entertain’d by 
these Cape Verdiens we left them & return’d on board 
our ship, in order to send some people to get the wood & 
water. As soon as we arriv’d, they sent back our large 
boat with a crew, who having landed on shore & wishing 
to take the wood & water, found the Cape Verdien 
officers, who wish’d to prevent them, demanding to be 
paid their dues first, one calling himself Water-Captain 
& another Wood-Captain. These were next of rank in 
the place to the Alquierre. ’Twas arrang’d that they 
should each one be given a bottle of Brandy, which cou’d 
be taken to them by the first boat, which was done. 
The next day, 9 May, I embarked in the first boat 
which went on shore, in company with other persons, 
with the intention of going out Hunting; we were in the 
woods, & shot some red Partridges, Guinea-fowl, Turtle¬ 
doves, & many other birds ; we saw some Gazelles, Wild 
Boars, Hares, & Rabbits, which we could not shoot. 
Our Sport being finish’d, we returned to the village of 
