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the calTava bread, chewed ibyitiaei females;* jjgMjd jfarrn edited
with water, when,jt has- fomethingvof'the.tjafte pfnalq,
and will intoxicate. .: appMa^S at
Ahat what ihbsrheeh/withha- the fleMhji ipixed WSth the ?fe??
iiv ^ and fpit from the mouths, off @thef$$;ffibuld beidfank.
without loathing ;by the people o f - any gq$intr,y : bpt
thofe who - have read Cook’s Voyages will find that this
*j)ra*S4ie cWasfo; common .in the. iflands, he^difqqv^eth
that had Kb ndtiCoihpliedswdth;4t,';his refufaLrrpgfcti1 have
fatally offended the inhabitants;-: His, .officers, indeed,
^id iBot think it fo neceflary for, them »tq^comply^nd
therefore excufed themfelvesfrom the,difgd&ipg dt^ughf.
A- beverage; neaiiy o f the fahre- kind they-..compose
from the maize, or Indian corn, which- is-rfiijft'' gypurfd
and baked: onto bread, after which- it i|jcrumbl^j|p’d
maeeratedj withrwaterK:till if ferments'.lil^ the former,
and this they call cbiacoar.— Another drink tC^lled^^fi^f
is alfo much ufed bythefe Indiahs, being ia eomp^tAon
of yams, caffava, four oranges, and fugac; pr -1 J^paple,
well macerated, and fermented with water, &|j fh all only
add, that all thefe- beverages are inebflatif^*;4f:ftfed beyond
moderation, which is frequently the ..cafe, with both
males and females among the copper-coloured generation
I am fpeaking of . This.isithe only time when they are
unruly, and when quarrels arife among themfelves^r/
In pronunciation the language of the Indians in general
much refembles the Italian, their words being fondrous
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and. harmbnidu&Urauftly terminating wifth'a vowel, as
may be obferved (by the few fpecimens above. They
have no caloulatioriiof timeja1 firing- with fopae,knots be.-,
ing £hë anlyjpalendar they, are; acquainted with. Their
mufical infiruments cb.nfift t®f,a 'kind of flute called, too-
/ob,band made of •a.iingle qi'eqEo.f thick reed, on which
they make a found no better th&nfthe* lowing of ait
ox, without either meafure' onWafiety;—.Another inftrU-
ment isoalforufediby them) to< blow upon,called quart a
(by Ovid; znjirinx; I by fomeipoets \Fan%t£hauntex)) and
eonfifismfi reeds; ofodifferentdengt.hs,j that/ are, joined together
likebthe pipes of an organ,, but even at, the top,
Which they-hold with; both' bands’to the lips, and which,
b y ifhiftingyfrom fide itq fisde^prodncés a I warbling of clear
b ^ d ifc o fd to t 'founds,-agreeable to none but themfelves;
nor have-*Ibfeen a better reprefentari-ó'n o f themed Pan
■pkyingyoh hisichaunter, than a naked; Indian amongltho
verdant,foliage, playing iiponnhe^ftth'ofe,reedyipipes.
They .$fo make flutes-of the bonesnfptheir boemiesp of
which: I hav,e one' no w in my poffeffion;;: Their dancings
i f fuch it may ?bcd:-called, | confifts in ,l ftampitaigion»the
«granndj balancing on. one foot’,, and ftaggeriiig round, in
different iattitudes'far m any hours, -as-if intoxicated:: ;I
ï - The, Indians are a .very fdciable people anioiig them-
felves, and frequently- meet together ,ia a ilargc wigwam
or earbet that is in every hamlet for the purpofe, where,
if they: dó nöt pla*£ or, dakcepvtbey’i amufe each-other
with fictitious ftories, generally concerningghofts, witches,
j§ Vox. I. 3 E oorr