felll4i igrQ# <Qaanti;tiSs of Filh 3 mdR^rnfa',) VHm.&&b£s3
{Rearch; Breams3 anditheflilp. Upon the Breiningpf this
Meer were found, ho- lc^v than/iJiSghfciC^oaf, in Figure
and Bimenfions1 pqittmuch uhlikO thofeutediin America:
And in ata^fer^-in' Sawick, about Nihc;Mites diftant from
the, Meer, waetaken up a Stone, not unlikg a fort of Whet-
ftpne, thpr-different front any: other Stone. Lyet Yaw; and
witb jt antilnftrument of a nfix’dd Metals refembllhgnthe
Secures3 m Roman Sacri&eing-Ax, tho’ &mewhat7te£s:y nor
palike that which theMafive Indians of iOld ufed^tqrm’d
of, Stone*; sin! making: iHoltew their Gatmot (after; Burning,
and (in Barking theit frees, whidi thfeyiseah a Tom^Mbs ;
how therefore, in thefe Places^ thefe eaisftfto be
next to be enquired into.
' As to the~K.inds of Boats the Anciint Brifains maifellfe
bf we have, only this-Tradition ^from Julius CsgSSY-tfaat
they ufed Wicker-Boats, eoverd with Hidesv that his Shi^
QfrW^a^nd.G»lley».^wQEeilan^-hn^(h^tr-''®aissGn44utfefpiialr'
h a b k a n ts 4 ie r e o ‘!'H«'slike:®ife' th e x jK 2 f a ^ s j|# n ,th e
the .Maritime ICoafts/j Traded vS^s Belgimd \and GaM&ffby
which he. probably means, Holland, Finders,
their Buildings wene.^ery Eminent* their-.ManflQfSi.Cu-
ftoms and Politenefs, like their tranfmarine Neighbours1
that they made u&jFoffBr^rlinported , tthatl Af^Hw^ a
Product of the Country*'but in final] qdarijtity^rbutjhat
Leadvfzs difeover’d in the Inland Counties, and fo proceeds.
As to thefh Ganodt, Oh© ofr#hich: had fome Plates of
Iron upon it, .’tis my Opinion* they were made ufp of by
the Ancient Britainsin Fifhing thefe iMe.ers, and paffing
Rivers; not that the Inhabitants wfetefffo dong ifo forint
ing theniy byi burning them hollow, and i fhaping them
with fharp.Stones, ^Axbo A nietkWs were, before the European
Metals tcame aniongft them’; which as the Miffiona-
ries inform Us, with One of ouf Inftruments, cou’d in One
Day difpatch as much as in Six Months before. The Brittains
doubtlefs had the Ufe of Iron, &c. and were furnifh’d
with.
with ar>. from the Mari time Porbyrandi they from th&fo-
reinyMe^chants y théfe .(famés' m'ighb1 -pidyably-j-Jb^ifuiik
Hdrèji t^^hih|^4l^^he-«Mâe]r;d.' dfS®Advantage? to the
i2^Æ»Js:cwhentthé'Natisgesc were fcte dJtorQuitc^frieirlHa“
lutations* byïtheir 'prevailingr Arms?;...nor cah dD imagine
thefe aiiEffeéttfflf the'.Dçlüge^ nèÿhér, the Métal lûftru-
ment,|nor Stonefo'ùnd in.the fordmeption’d '>moJl, but
that they furthers confirm what I "fhall'. make,out.afteari
wards> that ^dMomffes, Vegefatey^'andt'sthat they proceed
and1 en create froih the Plants^ 'rhawgto W uponthein ; and
notwithftanding, v\the ïSubterran'eou^ilÈEëeâv found thera^
tlfo’fwey content to.oniit them in\>th^Argument* there
are yet fo' nianyco.bhers of .different Specifes, together with
Marine Shells,,‘arid'other jjfcotic Èxmja>3 W h îJ â S y
Yards in Marie, in the Inland Caun&es^that teifhrnmftip-
pqfipg Momffes%to proceed from the Dèiiige,.-as many cbn-
tend, they may fairly andfullyobeutherwrfe^ccountedfor.
As to the. Internment. and -Stoné, ’they^mighAcâftâh^be
loft there, - andlie.kbfcondèd for.ScSl^y^^eii^fohsi^
I<Jfg £ f the Greatpefs and Difficulty^ tkis^ôMê ahd uïef
fui" Enterprizé/ the D r em in g ^ ^ zJpfeer'
in effe.(^tihg ,o£ dfffi eh there wèBe ïffiniet ini es> no tefsutha n t.#o
ThoufandHands ationce employ'd; fbThat'to fuArountdH
thé^nathral andi a<rti^ciab;Oppnfitionàr:Æv W#rl, there
Ayas highly nefedfuia Perfonsdi^rfo giperous» and jtetcmmv
Spirife^ndTQNeara^dm'âi^WTeMfifarii^fuccefsfùl Undertaker. ilibt^qjçtfe^àaÿ
Befides thefe forte of Cakoos, it is unqueftipnaily true*
the Britams made fife of Another kind. of Æbat^ the?uIàof
which proy’d ^ f grgat Seryketd^^.C^^vàsrwéTfîhd
inthe firft Book,|<^? Bello Givili, cap: i f iYfor wherrhe had
pitch d his Tents betwixt Siçorm and Ginga) two River,à.in
fyamr\®W whiehfhe had the Conyeniengejofltwlo Bridges
a- fudden inundation broke thèinf dhSthdown* • andfoVdiftéw^ '
ihg the Banks, i ,©ut Aflhall 'ChamMwnicàôfen itètwskïï tts»'Fq-.,
. P ''A;''-' ; ragers *