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Tlants, but they 'Use ao CorreSBves to tabe away the Flatuous, Naitseomand orber bad Qualities of them.

Their usual way of Cure for most Inward Distemptrs is by DetoRicn,which they make partly Peftoral, partly Sudoris ck ; These they cause tbeSick to Drink, the Quantity of half a Tint at a time, two or three times a'Day ; but they give nothing to praeure Vomiting in any Distempets, as a badt3men that the Difeafed will Die ; seither did I ever know them to Use anywayes af Bloodmg or Cupptng-

If they have any Wotmds, Ulcers or FraSlures, they have the Knowledgeof Curtng th«m. 'I did once sce an India» whose Arm had been Broker/, andviewing the Place 1 found the Bcnes to be as Smoothly Consolidated , and aswell Reduced, as any Engli[h Chirurgton could have done it.

All Indiam carry a Powder about them, to Cure the Bites of Snaktt , andin almost every Tovm this Powder hath a Different Composttion , and every•Composition is eertainly Effectual to the Correcting the Malignity of theVenom. Neither was it ever known to us, that any Indian Suffered much-harrn by these Bites, but in a Day’s time he would be as well as if he hadnever been Bitten : Whereas forne of the Engltjh for want of a Ipeedy Reme-dy have lost their Lives.

The Indtarss are frequently Troubled with Violent Colicis, which ostentimes terminate in Palpes. a

The Mimner of Plantmg m^Ordering Tobacco is thus. In the Ttctlve&ays they Begin to Sow their Seed in Beds of Fine Mould, and when theTlants be grown to the Breadth of a Shilling , they are fit to Replant into the'HiOs ; for in their Plantations they make finali HiBs about 4 Foot Distant from-each other, somewhat aster the manner of our Hop-yards. These HsBs be-ing prepared against the Tlants be Grown to the forementioned bigneß(which is about the beginning of May,) they then in Moist Weather Drawthe Plants ont of their 'Bed?, and Replant them in the Hilis, which after-ward they kee p with diligent Weedings. When the Plant bath put «ut somany Leaves as the Ground will Nouristi to a Substance and Largenesi »hatwill render them Merchantable ; then they take off the Top of the Piant :If the’Ground be very Rieh, they let a Piant put our a Dozen or 16 Leavesbefore they Top it; if Mean, then not above 9 or 10, and so according tothe Strength of their Soil. The 7 ‘op being taken off the Piant Grows no'Higher : but afierwards it will put out Suckers between their Leaves,which they pluck away once a Weck, till the Piant comes to Perfectionwhich it dorh in August- Then in Dry Weather, when there is a litrlcBreease of Wind, they Cut downwhat is Ripe, letting it lie about 4 Hcurs•on the Ground, tillfuch timeas the Leaves , that stood strutting out Falldown to the Stalk, then they Carry it on their Shoulders into their TobaccoHoufes , where other Servams raking ofir, drive into the Stack ofeach Pianta Peg, and as fast as they are Pegg’d, they hang them up by the Pegs onTobaccorSticks , so nigh each other that they just Touch, much aster the•manner they Hang Hcrrings in Tarmouth ; thus they let them Hang 5 or 6Wttks, till such time as the Stem in the Middle of the Leas will Snap >n the

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