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iptateVll. 1. and 2.
See plate V.
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joined in the conyerfation«; Thofe which were more properly
domeftic habitations, were the fame both in lhape and
texture, though lefs in dimen lion.—It was remarked* that
the family kept on one fide of the central fire-place, and the
fervants on the Other«;
OF THE IR DOME S T IC IMP L EME N T S .
In a country where no aid could be obtained from the
affiftance of iron tools, and where every thing which was
convenient and ufeful could only be produced by much
time, labour, and patience, and at laft faihioned by fuch
poor means as neceffity, ftimulating invention, by flow degrees
brought about, it will not be cxpe&ed that their domeftic
implements would be numerous.
Among the things moft eflential to their idea of comfort,
were little baikets, which they always carried about
with th em ; they had different forts, fome of them were of
very nice texture, woven from flips of the plantain, leaf.
In thefe they ufually carried their beetle-nut/ their comb,
and their knife; nor did they omit having a little twine in
it, to tie up any thing they might want to keep together«
They had alfo wooden bafkets with covers* very nicely
carved, and inlaid with ftiells. Thefe they hung up in. their
houfes, for ufe and decoration.
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