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the houses at the upper end, and Thursday October Christian opposite to him, the Center is a fine lawn, where the poultry wander, but it is fenced in so as to prevent the intrusion of Hogs &c.
It was easily to be perceived that in this establishment, the labours and ingenuity of European hands had been exerted; we never witnessed any regular plan of laying out the ground in the other Islands we visited, or forming plantations. In their houses they have also a good deal of decent furniture, consisting of beds and bedsteads with coverings; they have also tables and large Chests.
Their Clothing and linen is made from the Bark of a certain tree, and this is the employment of the elderly part of the Women; the bark is first soaked, then beat with Square pieces of wood of the breadth of one hand, hollowed out into Grooves with this