Noiw with ft* force the yielding bow he-bemfr,';
®raWn to an arch, aad joins the doubling ends }
Clole to hj& breafl; he ftiokisflv? nerve below,
T ijl thp bafb-d point approach the ja^cling bpw.
^ h ’ irnpatf^f;twea|)^ri whizzes, on- the. wing,
Sounds the tough bow, and twangs the quivering firing,
. Rope’s Horrxn.
I ffiall only add f a r te r qq this £ubje<d,that when thefe
India®§ ta. war they cbuje one general canam^qder*
whom they drftinguiffi by thq titie e f UiM.
The trade or- traffic which the Indians. o|”' Guiana carry
OH, with the Dutch ponfifts chiefly jo, Haves,. earthen jars,
hammocks^ bafkets, BraziUwr®od^i hiareeTroofr,
macaws, parrots, mpnkeys, balfam. capiyi* arracocerraf.
caraba or cy^b ojl, and arnotta, for which they .receive
in return, pbrecguo-ed cloth,, fire-arms, gun - powder,
hatchets, kniyes, ffiffays* different coloured beads, took?
ing-glafle?, flffa-hqoks» comps, needles, pjns, Sec,
bM m m m $ exudes from.; the bark of ,a thick tre& that
grows far inland, whh large pointed leaves, beating a
f?uit like a cucumber, ^his gum is yellow, hard, and
trafflfparent, refcmbling amber; when melted, it has an
agreeable flnell-: its ufes are for varnifh, and to flop dipr
retie complaints, 8cc, T h e gum called arr&cocqrra exudes
from an inland- tree aha? it is yellow as the former*
but tenacious, and loft; it has a mofl fragrant fmell, and
is held in great efteem by the Europeans as well as In-
9 clians.
QH A Pi
£V.
j f x p E D I T I O N " T O S U R I NAM ,
ffians, on account o f its efficacy in Curing wounds, and
many other complaints. T h e h r crab oil is made
by bruiftng, macerating, and boiling the kernels that
gsow on, thfe crab-'tree in brown,angular muts* much
abotfl the fize o f1 a-large cheffiufc; *fthis nil, which is
bitter, heffd^s, anointing the Indians, is iffiedfor many
purpofes by the Europeans.. The tree gro^s to n ^ r fifty
feet high* with leaves refefhbling thofe of the laurel?
but aS I neither haye ;feen this nor »the two fo'rmer grow*
itogf to my knowledge, dean, fay nothing more-sdnefeen*
ing .'them. The mowna tree is. high, ffiraigbt, and light
brown coloured; its leaves are oval; its nuts refembling
nutmeg, but without either tafle or -flavour,. The-gum
-exuding from its- trunk by incifions ih the bark is dip
the Indians in water,, and, as ;Ihave faid, mixed
Wkh dfnotta to „anoint them, r The caftof or, palmfc
Shrijh buffi, ,by botanifls called the rimms* fry flfrub
high;, ./«toted* cohered with largo
■digitated:leaves oh long fopt^f talks,both the Item
and the branches.„This ffirub.cqnfifts of the red and the
white, and produces triangular nuts inolofed ffi a green
huifc, whieh, when ripe, turns tot brown, and feffs off!
From thefr nuts-is,expreffed’ the cafior oil; in-Surinam
it is called camApatm l; i t ..nl-'Mtf.dike ;that ;|nade .etf
olwes, have:mentioned bfefdre, is*much ufed by
the Indians to. paint themfelveswith.
Amongnall the ffidian natiohsp the C«r/&laredhe moff
numerous a&iVe* and. brave. Thefehefide in-great num-
3 F 2 hers