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he'Ieafned%ookery, and to be fometbing o f a taylor, at CHAP,
‘bis own^'reqüeft, thar h’ë might be enabled to provide xxiv.
.both, for hifsYbàtlë |aiid belly: After.fomie time however,
expfeffing a cfèmbflbtretum to the^colony, be no
fdbriër touched American^grotmdyfhan ftripping himfelf
ipî- h ië ’-lumber} lfe$ launched*' naked- into his native woods,
wher&he* ended hi^d%sfà^'he|had bèguri thêm, amongft
bîMq&lbvedi'GOùbirynaep. and companions ; like the Hottentot
mentioned by Rondeau, in his celebrated Dïfcàurs ,
■ fur^PIfi'egaliti' &> Qèndiiiorisj &cï—— But* 'to return to the
I g i f t h a d with her a live* paffot, which Ihe had
'“iMhnëd with &*blunti arrowfrom her bow, and for which
I ^^Kê^hdoUbiéi-blayëd knife *. «'So1 wonderfully^expert
are Yhe" Àrrowouka Indians-at this exetcife, that they
frequently bring down a macaw in full flight, or even a
pfg’éônp1 *
ï I cannot conclude thefe remarks without adding a few
/wdrashohcerning the unfpotted moral character o f thefe
'people, who" not onlyHve in peace with moft o f the other
Indian nations, but' are peculiarly attached to the -European's,
while thefe 'in rètUfn profefë' tor them the
flrôhgeft e'fteem.
* The general traffick carried on between
all the Indian nations and the E u ropeans
confiftsin balfam-capiri,-arroco-
cerra, oil of carrabba, arnotta, and bees-;
wax, ’befides pieces of Brazil and e”Boriy >
the roots hiaree and vamillas, canoes,
hammocks, Saves, monkies, parrots, and
paroquets; for which they receive firearms,
knives, hatchets, filh-hooks, combs,
coral and glafs beads, blue cotton, looking
glafies, &c.
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