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28i

he

carrieth

his

Leaves

like

to

Arraihau^

somewhat

greater,

and

in

that

Leafe

there

is

marked

another

Leafe

of

the

Hke

forme,

with

a

Hne

very

thinne,

they

are

softe,

and

of

Coulour

a

Hght

greene,

they

carrie

the

seede

in

clusters,

and

it

commeth

to

be

so

redde

when

it

is

ripe,

as

the

Seede

of

Arraihau,

vAv^xx

it

is

ripe.

And

it

is

of

the

same

greatnesse,

when

the

hearbe

is

seasoned,

that

it

is

to

be

gathered,

it

is

knowen

in

the

seede, that

it

is

ripe,

and

of

some

rednes

like

to

a blackekishe

coulour,

and

the

hearbe

beyng

gathered,

they

put

them

into

Canes,

and

other

thinges,

that

they

may

drie,

that

it

maie

be kepte

and

caried

to

other

partes.

For

that

they

carrie

them

from

some

high

Mountaines,

to

others,

as

Marchaundise

to

be

soulde,

and

they

barter

and

chaunge

them

for

Mantelles,

and

Cattell,

and

Salte,

and

other

thinges

whiche

doe

runne

like

to

money

amongest

us,

they

doe

put

the

seede

into

Almaciga}

and

from

that

thei

do

take

them

up,

and

set

them

in

another

place,

into

Earth

that

is

wel

laboured

or

tilled,

and

made

as

it

is

convenient

for

to

put

them,

by

their

lines

and

order,

as

we

doe

put

here

a

Garden

of

J^eanes,

or

of

Peason,

"

The

use

of

it

amongest

the

Indians

is

a

thing

generall,

for

many

thinges,

for

when

they

doe

travail

by

the

waie,

for

neede

and

for

their

content

when

they

are

in

their

houses,

thei

use

it

in this

forme.

Thei

take

Cokles

or

Oisters

in

their

shelles,

and

they

doe

burne

them

and

grinde

them,

and

after

they

are

burned

they

remaine

like

Lyme,

very

small

grounde,

1

Garden

beds

in

which

seeds

are

planted.