. A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: in respect to the situation and extent of empires, kingdoms, and provinces; their climates, soil, produce, &c. ... . s filver and gold are among us. The blackthey call the mofb valuable, and both together aretheir greatefl: riches and ornaments; thefe among themanfwering all the ends that money does among have the art of ftringing, twifting, and inter-v/eiving thefe into their belts, collars, blankets, mo-gafons, &c. in ten thoijfand different fizes, fo
. A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: in respect to the situation and extent of empires, kingdoms, and provinces; their climates, soil, produce, &c. ... . s filver and gold are among us. The blackthey call the mofb valuable, and both together aretheir greatefl: riches and ornaments; thefe among themanfwering all the ends that money does among have the art of ftringing, twifting, and inter-v/eiving thefe into their belts, collars, blankets, mo-gafons, &c. in ten thoijfand different fizes, forms andfigures, fo as to be ornaments for every part of drefs,and expreffive to them of all their important tranfac-tions. They dye the wampum of various colours andIhades, and mix and difpofe them with great inge-nuity and order, and fo as to be fignificant amongthemfelves of almoft any thing they pieafe: fo thatby thefe their records are kept, and their thoughtscommunicated to one another, as ours are by writ-ino-. The belts that pafs from one nation to another,in all treaties, declarations, and important tranfac-tions, are carefully preferved in the palaces or cab-bins of their chiefs j and ferve, not oiily as a kind of record t-r ^/u^.. .J ^ 9^ / / / 4
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