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124 ing; to uch they hew great Rigour, making nothing of killing and detroying them without Mercy. And they pretend that it is very well done; thoe People not deerving to live, who by ecret Arts can hurt and make away with others.

They have as great an Abhorrency of Stealing or Thieving among themelves, as any Nation upon Earth; wherefore they keep nothing hut up under Lock and Key, but leave every thing unlock'd, that every body can come at it, without fear of loing it.

This Vice is o much deteted by them, that if a Maiden hould teal any thing, he would thereby forfeit a good Match. Yet if they can lay Hands upon any thing belonging to us Foreigners, they make no great Scruple of Cocience about it. But, as we now have lived ome Time in the Country amongt them, and are look'd upon as true Inhabitants of the Land, they at