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( 23 ) china jugs, holding at leaſt two quarts; with every uch jug there was brought in a diſh of ſweetmeats. or which we paid a ſhilling Engliſh; and if you alled for another jug, you paid no more, unleſs a iſh, uſhered it in.

One houſe eſpecially I much frequented, for the ndian woman's fake that kept it; for though the was black, or rather tawny, yet ſhe was well-fea ured and well-formed, having long black hair, when the untied the treſſes: hanging down to her egs. She from the firſt ſhewed me as much kind. efs as could be extected from that lump of bar- ariſm; and I could diſcern her inclinations, but et it went againſt my ſtomach to yield to her wo- ions. However, the continued her love to me, not erting me pay for any thing I called for: and when here was no neceſſity of being aboard, the would n a m nner make me lie in her houſe (which as their houſes commonly are, had but one ſtory:) the beds they uſe are a kind of hard quilt; for were they ſoft the hotneſs of the climate would cauſe them to be very deſtructive to man's body, even melting his very reins. Gold and jewels ſhe had great quantity, with an houſe richly furnished after the Indian faſhion For this conſideration, I perſuaded myſelf to mary her, and with ſeveral arguments alledged, I gained ſo much conqueſt over myſelf, that I could kils her without diſgorging myſelf; and by accuſtoming myſely to her company, methought I began to take ſome delight in it Ву degrees, intereſt to overpowered me, that I reſolved to marry her. Having one night (lying there) ſeriouſly conſidered of my reſolution, and liking it indifferent well, I fell aſleep; but wondered when I awaked, to ſee a thing lie by me all black It ſeems the could hold out no longer: I ntended to flee from her, but the held me ſoft in her arms, uſing what rhetoric ſhe could to perſuade me to the