to -this they put 'h<^ fi&fiss.^and make £ kind'’of* Mack pudding,»<by
tv ay of^whet, whilft tKe (hö!gf5>i)? baking. The Hog being walked
within, the- maw cleaned, and the reft o f the gutsffthe ythole
is placed in' th e “- pit, or oven, I reftirig on" its- -welly, > and- ‘with,
it bread-fruit, yams, faro, 'Arc*, covered'thick with1 plantam-leayes,
hot 'èmbers, and grafs, with >thè’ èarth which ivas dug-out heaped
upori at till'read y ; wh ich ,'in anojg o f moderate1 fize, fequirfs St
leaft two h o u r s i f the pig istfmalf, lèfkthan'half the timévwilhférye.
'-The déSves are placed Ter carefully, that‘hot a pafficle 'or earth reaeh&
the -prbvffiorfsi ï either in going in o f coming out. In the' feme
manner they drefs all their other food ;- and they like it well dreffed,
except their filh, which they prefer raw. Their cookery is limply
baking or broiling, as they have noveffel o f thenty&Wnfcapable.-br
bearing the fire. - However, they loft nothing offthe dehcacy ofttinfiE
food in baking ;• and fiflr fo drefled is preferable to being boiled.
They -make three meals a day when at home, and eat heartily;
and nothing pleafes them more than to óbferve a ftrangefséat with
appetite. When at a diftanee from their ufual abode, and great multitudes
are affembl'ed in one diftridt, -provifions cannot be furnifhed for
all-in: proper féafön, and they content themfelves with one meal
a day; and when thus- completely hungry they may well pafs for
voracious with thofe who have their regular meals; and are fatlated
with the plenty around them ; betides, every one endeavours-, to prof
cure abundance for the ftranger, even though he ftiould' go himfelf
with a hungry belly.' The greateft part o f their diet is vegetable,
and it does not often fall to the lot1 o f inferiors to have a regular
fupply o f animal food. Whatever the fea produces’ they eat,-affirming
that nothing unclean can come from water. ,
In eating they fit crofs-legged on the ground, or on leaves r they
firft make their offering to the Eatöoa (for this even heathens feel
their bounden duty), then walh their hands, and begin fluffing their
months full o f bread-fruit, ■ and dip their filh or fleÜi in a : cocoa-nut
fbell of fait water., which is ' their fait-cellar. T h e y are ever ready to
d iytcle^th-dr ■ $pro,vi fipntwi thfthofc who have, none; Any, place ferves
fo^favffiping-.rd&^p,,|l}ey>ftfjen fquajhd^wn,jon- thd grafs, 0r,)Undep a
Ih^dy ^tdfealwa^sieat fteparately^; For>fear, of inepp^modipg. each
^ ^ e » /jyifh' theii^^-ffitps. le^yes. from {this, nea,rgthtree(,afford
■ A hernia' table-clo|h( ancli'bdfaife them is a doooai-nut thell dffifreth as
.Wflhas 'falg^vater..
PiOShryv^ tfieilj !dog^\,are efteemed excellent
pr&fetrq^itpjgpay$*iLfh, beiqg^e^whplly on vegeta.--
fi T?vfll(aw :|gfer4tppchi.1JTheir
fo-yvhjj (Jitter, from our^^QjVvn^ and- .in», tspdsfflefaj'an d. fiayour
are; noth jpg,, bffirior. ■,, „
Th?yi l^^ipp%^glant ,b|ead-fruit trees, a^^-ffieV^pppg. /tom
l a r ^ p T ^ atfpnfo rff
cosoa^n^ls^nd-,plantain,£«a» Beautifulvgitoy^near/(Qne; Tree hill.wa^
A^by,the hands dfi Bomarre and Iddeab., ; ’hhefe'iplan't^ti^nsr apd ,u fua] ly
% # » r k p^the, ^h|ktfsi,;wW>, generally excel tl& lq^ ^ ^M fe s , whether
in fpo^tgj;pr-^ ipg^npity^t<jii^h,^ noble, yipffien.arq thq,pr^nci-g.al clo,thr
makers-; hB^rf is it, thepleaft .difpafagemenfc- iqr a qhief.^p^h^ ^ founej, in
the midlt -of has Workmen naqquPiir^ • with ;
Wl]yjs|- |)6y .-reputed hpt to- tlp^y fmerigr^tjdllv Like
lhe,~a^^^t jpatriarchs,. they allift in preparing apd «pplping.fpod fo r
their vilitoK^ .
S E C T IO N IXV -
» T H E number o f the feathered tribe i^;’yery great. Betide the com*
_mon tame fowl they^have wild ducks,, parroqu^suf Vfiiph's*kindsr
the h lue and white heron, fly-fiapper, woodpecker^ dovesp boobies».