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CHAP.
XXVIII.
Of our manner of Eatings Drinking^
Smoah^ng and Sleeping.
\ft^ A ^ ^ ^^^ ^^" ^'^^^ without working, eat
_l\. their Breakfafts about feven of the
Clock in the Mornings firft they fmoke a Pipe
of Tobacco , then they drink Bohea , Green or
Sage Tea ^ afterwards they cut off the Head of
a Viper, and fuck the Blood out of the Body |
this, in my humble Opinion, is the moll wholfom
Breakfail a Man can make. Our Dinners
are composed of the Food mention'd in the laft
Chapter. We fup chiefly upon Fruits and preferv'd
Spices •,
every Man drinks what he pleafeth
^ but Tobacco is always uled after Meals,
being look'd upon as one of the molt neceflary
things for preferving our Lives.
Our Tables are not above a Cubit high , and
We fit round them upon the Floor crofs-legg'd^
like the Taylors here in England ^ People of
Fafhion fit upon Cufliions. We ufe no Knives
and Forks at the Table, but our Meat is cut very
fmall before it is brought thither, and then inftead
of Forks every one has two (harp- pointed
Sticks , and thus with both hands we feed our
felves as fait as we can. Liquids, and what here
you call Spoon-meats, our ordinary People take
up with the hollow of their Hands *, but thofe
who eat nicely, ufe fine Shells inltead of Spoons.
Men of Eftates have Difhes, Plates, Trenchers,
and fuch like Utenfils at their Tables^ but inftead
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