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water_n	drink_v	night_n	time_n	9,152	5	5.0476	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40373	A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien with an answer to the Spanish memorial against it, and arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots and protect it : to which is added a description of the countrey, and a particular account of the Scots colony.	Philo-Caledon.; Ridpath, George, d. 1726.; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.; Foyer, Archibald.	1699 (1699)	Wing F2047; ESTC R18505	46,261	66

of a finer Grain and whiter than any European Wood and fit for inlaying They have Tamarind Locust-Tree Bastard Cinnamon Bamboes and Maingrove Trees in plenty They have Shrubs that bear store of Pepper of two sorts called bell p●…pper and bird Pepper Mr. Wafer to whom we owe this Description takes notice of a Redwood whereof there grow great quantities on the Northern Coast the Indians make use of it for dying and mix a kind of Earth they have with it It makes a bright glo●…y ●…ively Red which no washing can ●…etch out again This we suppose to be the Ni●…ragua Wood. Their Roots are Potatoes Yams and Cassava of the last of which they make Bread They have likewise Tobacco but don't understand the planting and manuring of it it is not so strong as that of Virginia Their Beasts are the Peccary and Warce a kind of wild Hogs which are very good Meat They have considerable store of Deer and Rabbits and great Droves of Monkeys which are extraordinary fat and good to eat They have an Insect call'd a Soldier somewhat resembling a Crab which feeds upon what falls from the Tree is a delicious Meat and yeelds an Oyl that is an excellent Salve They have no European Cattle Their Birds are the Chicaly Chicaly which makes a noise somewhat like a Cuccoo is a large Bird has Feathers of divers Colours very beautiful and lively whereof the Natives sometimes make Aprons This Bird keeps mostly on the Trees feeds on Fruit and is pretty good Meat The Quam feeds in the same manner his Wings are dun his tail dark short he is much preferable to the other for Meat There 's a Ru●…et-colour'd Bird resembling a Partridg runs most on the ground and is excellent Meat The Corro●…ou is a large Fowl as big as a Turky and of a black colour The Cock has a Fine Crown of yellow Feathers on his Head and Gills like a Turkey they live on Trees and eat Fruit. They sing very delight●…ully and are so well imitated by the Indians that they discover their haunts by it They are very good Meat but their Bones make the Dogs run mad and are therefore hid from them by the Indians They have abundance of Parrots for size and shape much like those of Jamaica they are very good Meat their Parakites are most of them green and go in large flights by themselves They have Macaw Birds which are as big again as Parrots and resemble them in shape they have a Bill like a Hawk and a bushy tail wi h two or three stragling feathers either red or blue but those of the Body are of a lovely blue green and red the Indians tame those Birds and teach them to speak and then letting them go into the Woods amongst the wildones they will return of their own accord to the Houses they exactly imitate the Voice and singing of the Indians and call the Chicaly in its own Note It is one of the pleasantest Birds in the World and it's Flesh sweet and well tasted They have also Woodpeckers which are pied like our Magpies and have long Claws that they climb up Trees with they are not pleasant to eat They have plenty of Dunghil foul resembling those of Europe and their flesh and Eggs as well tasted as ours About the Samhaloes they have great store of Sea foul and particularlv Pelicans which are large Birds having Legs and feet like a Goose and a Neck like a Swan the feathers are grey It has a bag under its throat which when fill'd is as large as a Man's two fists and when dry will hold a pound of Tobacco they feed upon Fish and the Young ones are good Meat They have Cormorants resembling Ducks for size and shape are of a black colour have a white spot on the Breast and pitch sometimes on Trees and Shrubs by the Water they are too rank to be eaten They have a●…undance of Sea gulls and Pyes which are pretty good Meat but eat fishy which is cur'd by burying 'em eight or ten hours in the Sand with their feathers on They have flying Insects too and among others Bees which form their Hives on trees and it s observed that they never sting any Body the Natives mix the Honey with Water and so drink it but know not the use of the Wax They have shining ●…ies which in the night time resemble Glow-worms Their fish are the Tarpum which ears like Salmon some of 'm weigh 50 or 60 pound they affo●…d good Oyl They have Sharks and another Fish that resembles a Shark but much better Meat The Cavally is much of the size of a Maccarel and very good meat They have a fi●…h called Old Wives which is also very good 〈◊〉 eat Their Paracods are as large as a well grown Pike and very good Meat but in some places poisonous which a●…e distinguish'd by the Liver Their Gar fish is good Meat they have a long bone on their Snour with which they will sometimes pierce the side of a Canoe They have also S●…ulpins a prickly fish which when strip'd is very good Meat They have likewise String-rays Parrot-fish Snooks Conger-eels Conchs Perr●…winkles Limpi●…s S●…a-crabs and Craw-fish and other sorts whose names we know not that eat very well The inhabitants are most numerous on the North of the Isthmus the Men usually five or six Foot hight clean Lim'd Big-bon'd handsomely shap'd nimble Active and Run well The Women are short and thick and not so lively as the Men the young Women Plump well shap'd and have a brisk Eye both Sexes have a round Visage short Bottle Noses large and grey Eyes high forehead whi●…e even Teeth thin Lips pretty large Mouths well proportion'd Cheeks and Chins and in g●…nerall Handsome but the Men exceed the Women Both Sexes have stre ght long lank black Hair which they generally wear down to the middle of their Back All other Hair but that of their Eye-brows and Eye-lids they pull up by the Roots cut off the Hair of their Heads and paint themselves black by way of Triumph when they kill a Spaniard Their natural Complexion is a Copper Colour and their Eye-brows black as jet There are some among them of both Sexes which bear the Proportion of two or three to a Hundred who are milk white and have all their Bodies cover'd over with a milk white Down their Hair is of the same Colour and very fine about six o●… E●…ght Inches long and inclining to Curl They are less in stature than the other Indians and their Eye lids point downwards in form of a Crescent they don't see well in the Sun their eyes being weak and running with water if the Sun shine upon them therefore they are called Moon ey'd They are weak and sluggish in the day time but in Moon shiny nights all life and activity and run as fast thro the Woods by night as the other Indians do by day They are not so much respected as the other Indians