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most part, about a Tard and a half long; hehatha Rattle at ehe end of hisTati, whCTewich he maketh a JFotfi when any onc approacbeth nigh him,which seemeth robea peculiar Providente os God ro warn People to avoidthe Danger; for this Crea cuse is so Venetmut , that the. Bire of it is of mostDangerous Confequence, unless thcy fpeedily make Use of the Proper An-tidote. There are also Long Black Snakti, Short and Thick Black Snakes •this latrer fort ohentimes Sucks the Cows, and causcs them to give BloodjMilk . There is another fort is call’d the Com-Snake, because he is usuallyfound in Corn-Fields •, this is near as big as the Rattle^Snakt. There arealso some other fort ot Land- Snakes, ali of which are, more or leis, Vene-jnotts ; besides, there are very many Water-Snakes, that keep the Springtand River s.

The Indians are generally well Proportion’d as to their Stature, being'somewhat Tali, but no ways Corpulent; their Hair Black, usually hang-ing Right Down; their Eyes also Black, and their Skin Tawny, incliningto Blackilhnesi. They Live together in Towns, and every Town is undera feveral Fing. At the sirst coming of the Englißi divers Towns had 2 or3000 Eow-mtn in them : but now, in the Southern Parts of Virginia, theBiggest lndian Twn hath not above 500 Inhabitanti ; many Towns havefcarce 60 Bow-men in them, and in onc Teum there are not above 20; andThey are so Univerlally Thinn’d in the fore mention’d Southern Parts, that Iverily believe there are not above 3000 Lest under the whole Government ofSir hVtll. Bartlet ; but in my Lord of Baltimore 1 s Territories at the Headof theBaj, where the Enghjh were Later Seated, they are more Nuroerous, therebcing stili in fome Towns about 3 eoo Indians. But These being in conti-nual Wars witheach other, are likeihortly to be Reduc’d roasSmall Num-bers as the Former.

Instead of C loatbs they wear a Teer -Skin tuck’d about’their Middle, andanother about their Shoulders, and for Shots they have pitees of Dter-Skmty’d about their Feet.

Their Habitations are Cabins , about 9 or 1 o Foot High, which are madeaster this manner : They fix Poles into the Ground, and bring the Topsof them ove wirb another, and so Tie them together : the Outhde of thesePoles they Line with Bark to tlefend them from the Injuries of the Wea-thtr, but they leave a Hole on the Top, right in the middle of the Cabinfor the Smoak to go out. Round the Inside of thtir Cabins they have Banksof Earth cast up, which serve instead of Stools and Beds. They have nokind of Houßiold - fiuff but Earthen Pots, F Vooden Bvwls, and Thin Matisto lie on » ali which they Make themselves.

Their Diet is Indian-Corn , Vemfon, Wtld- Turkies, Oyßers , 'and ali kindof Fifo the River s afford-, and all kind of Wtld Eeafis of the Woods.

They are Frohibited the keeping either Ccws, Shetp or Hoggs, b y the En-gliß), lest they Ihould make hold with more tban their Own.

They did formerly Catch their Fifl) aster an odd manner before the En-gli(h came amongst them, which was thus : At the Htad of their Caneesthey fix’d a Hearth, on which in a Dark Night they would make a Blaue

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